Socially Responsible Investing is the Topic for 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's 2010 MBA Social Issues in Business Speaker Series

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VANCOUVER, Wash. – Carl Talton, CEO of Portland Family of Funds, will speak at the fall 2010 MBA Social Issues in Business Speaker Series at Washington State University Vancouver. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 7, in the Undergraduate Classroom building, room 1. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Talton will discuss how Portland Family of Funds creates opportunities for profitable investments while enhancing social and environmental issues in his presentation, "Socially Responsible Investing: Integrating Investors, Creditors, Community and Values."

Talton has served as an executive with both Portland General Electric and Pacific Power, is a former chairman of the Portland Development Commission and currently serves as a commissioner with the Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission.

Joseph Cote, professor of marketing, sees the speaker series as a great way for 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø MBA students to understand the importance of considering social and stakeholder topics when making business decisions.

"Seeing how businesses have achieved success using a stakeholder focus helps reinforce the ideas the MBA program is teaching. The students also learn about the limitations organizations face when trying to address stakeholder issues," said Cote.

Portland Family of Funds is a financial services company dedicated to generating "triple bottom line" returns. PFF investments include an industrial center that provides affordable work space for small manufacturing companies, expansion funds for several non-profit medical centers and hospitals, the Museum for African Art, the Community Transitional School for homeless children and a six-megawatt wind farm that provides funding for a low-income home energy assistance program.

91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's MBA Social Issues in Business Series brings business leaders to campus once a semester to highlight and discuss corporate social responsibility efforts with faculty, students and community members.

91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. Parking is free after 6:30 p.m. for this event.

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