Dr. Mark Buchanan, Professor of Law and International Business spoke on
Corporate Social Responsibility:
A Business Essential and Legal Imperative

For the ABA Section of International Law
China Committee

Shanghai Centre, Shanghai, China

南京西路1376号, 上海商城，568室

May 8-9, 2013

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an essential part of the global plan of a company. U.S. state and federal mandates address CSR and the increased focus on CSR in China. Mark shared live situations that are plaguing companies, highlighted issues that should be considered when doing due diligence, discussed the rules and regulations affecting CSR, and address best corporate practices.

2013 Case Competition.
8 Undergraduate teams put their HR knowledge to the test and competed in the 2013 Pacific West Regional Case Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, by collaborating with their teammates to present the solution to a panel of HR-certified volunteer judges through a 15-minute oral presentation and 2-page executive written summary.

The Boise State team of 4 competed with the help of coach Decateur Reed. They met every Saturday for about four hours since mid-February. Only one person on the team had previously participated.  Boise State took3rd place! 

Boise State Team members include:

Stephanie Ortiz (President)
Julian Rodriguez (current VP)

Melissa Black (running for Secretary)

Scott Hutchinson (running for Treasurer)

The prize? $2,500 and complimentary registration to SHRM’s Annual Conference in Chicago.

Final Results.

Choice Rawson, December 2012 COBE BBA General Business and Human Resource Management majors, has relocated to Northern Washington, where she is a Financial Service Specialist for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Child Care Subsidy Program.   “I have the joy in my job of helping low income families with obtaining safe, quality child care, and continue to work or attend school. …. I am thrilled to feel like I make a difference…” 

Susan Park just published Unauthorized Televised Debate Footage in Political Campaign Advertising:  Fair Use and the DMCA, 23 Southern Law Journal 29 (pp. 29-72), Spring 2013.

Susan Park published “Employers: Are your workers employees or contractors?” in the February 19, 2013 Business Insider Edition of the Idaho Statesman.

Gundars Kaupins and Decateur Reed from Boise State along with Malcolm Coco and Andrew Little from Abilene Christian University published “Online Monitoring Perceptions of North Techas HR Managers” in the Texas Business Monthly Winter 2012 pages 4-6.

Boise State University announced today that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that its Management Department,  Human Resource Management Major is renewed for alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 308 programs in 232 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines — created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010 and 2013 — are part of SHRM’s Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.

Kaupins, Gundars (Boise State), Dubra, Elena, and Baranova, Daira (U. of Latvia), (2012).  Economic climate development challenges for Latvia and EU countries.  Journal of Economics and Management Research.  Vol. 1, 94-105.

Kala Killworth from Simplot spoke on Creative Job Search and Networking:   How to Stand Out Successfully at the HRA meeting December 4th at the Micron Business and Economics Building.

Legal and Ethical Implications of Newspaper Web Privacy Policies. (by Gundars Kaupins,  Christy Suciu, and Mark A. Buchanan).  Advances in Business Research, Fall 2012, Vol. 3, No. 1.