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Kevin Sweeney

Kevin Sweeney

Corporate Responsibility
Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address
Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: By appointment
Personal Homepage: http://www.transforming.biz/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

AB, Political Science, UC Berkeley


Positions Held

At Haas since 2004
2009 - present, Staff Consultant, Context America
1999 - present, Management Consultant with a focus on climate change issues, change processes, and corporate social responsibility (clients have included Nike, Ford Motor, Chiquita, Rhino Records, HP, Nokia, UC Office of the President, Rockefeller Family Fund and others)
2008, Chief of Staff, Alliance for Climate Protection
2003 - 2004, Executive Education Faculty, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
1995 - 1999, Executive, Patagonia, Inc. (responsible for brand strategies, environmental programs)
1993 - 1995, Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
1989 - 1992, Director of Public Affairs, Patagonia, Inc. 
1988, Reporter, Political Analyst, WAGA-TV (CBS, Atlanta)
1985 - 1987, Press Secretary for Senator Gary Hart (D-CO)
1985, Press Secretary for Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
1983 - 1984, Initial Iowa Staff, Deputy National Press Secretary, 1984 Gary Hart for President Campaign
1981, Research Specialist, Analysis Center for the Evaluation of Energy Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania


External Service and Assignments

  • Director, Irish American Climate Project

Current Research and Interests

  • Climate change solutions
  • Partnerships to grow the clean energy sector
  • Changing expectations of business, government & civil society

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "Wearing of the Green Will Turn It Brown." Newark Star-Ledger 16 March 2008 .
  • "What’s Sustainability Got to Do with It?" Sustainable Industries Journal (August 2007).
  • "How Leaders Embrace Change Moments." Sustainable Industries Journal (June 2007).
  • "Engagement at the Point of Sale." Sustainable Industries Journal (April 2007).
  • "120 Months and Counting." Sustainable Industries Journal (February 2007).
  • "Running with Blinders." The New York Times 16 October 2007.
  • "Thinking Broadly About Business Education." Sustainable Industries Journal (September 2006).
  • "How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Change?" Sustainable Industries Journal (July 2006).
  • "Shattering the Glass of Corporate-Speak." Sustainable Industries Journal (November 2006).
  • "Climate of Hope." Salon.com 4 April 2006.
  • Father Figures. ReganBooks & HarperCollins, 2003.
  • "A National Disgrace." Salon.com 29 March 2001.
  • "Ford Drives Ford in the Right Direction." Los Angeles Times 7 December 1999.
  • "We Can Build Up to a Living Wage." Los Angeles Times 16 November 1998.
  • "Strengths and Limits of Consumer-Driven Codes of Conduct," paper presented at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business (October 1997).

Teaching

  • Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility & Consulting Projects, UGBA 192P
  • Business & Society: Methods of Engagement, MBA 292T.4



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