December 2003 Pledge Campaign

Following upon the success of the Graduation Pledge MBA students graduating in December 2003 ran the campaign again. This time we added some concrete examples of situations where choices relevant to the pledge were faced and how those choices were made. We are thus appealing to alumni and others to provide us with such examples - please see the link "Appeal for Alumni Testimonials" for further information.

The INSEAD Graduation Pledge

On December 4th, INDEVOR launched the first INSEAD Graduation Pledge Campaign. This Graduation Pledge Campaign was intended for the Dec' 02 INSEAD graduating class. The idea is to remind graduating INSEAD MBAs of their broader responsibilities after leaving the school. The pledge was worded as follows:

"I _____________ pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of the organizations for which I work."

The campaign was a huge success and attracted 226 students who signed, from across the Fontainebleau, Singapore and Wharton campuses (more than 50% of all those graduating). To our knowledge INSEAD is the first European business school to launch such an initiative. All those who signed the pledge received a pledge card and a green ribbon to wear at graduation on Dec 19th, 2002 - We hope this will be the start on an INSEAD graduation tradition.

What is the purpose of the Graduation Pledge?

By launching the first Graduation Pledge campaign, we intend to serve as a focal point for further environmental and social consciousness-raising at INSEAD. By wearing the green ribbon at the graduation ceremony, INSEAD students will make a public statement of their intent to consider environmental and social factors in their work. By helping to institutionalize the INDEVOR Graduation Pledge campaign, we will build a link across future INSEAD promotions.

Where does the INDEVOR Graduation Pledge come from?

Founded at Humboldt State University in California, Manchester College now coordinates the Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA). The pledge has been put into practice at over one hundred schools around the US. They range in size from Whitman to Harvard to the University of Wisconsin.

Has it ever been implemented in a MBA school or in Europe?

No. By making this first Graduation Pledge campaign a success, it is a unique opportunity for us to send a message outside of INSEAD and encourage other MBA schools and academic institutions to launch the same type of initiative.

Is the Graduation Pledge mandatory?

No! Taking the Pledge is voluntary and allows students to determine for themselves what they consider to be socially and environmentally responsible.

Will the INDEVOR Graduation Pledge be enforced?

No. However, we consider taking the Pledge to be a serious commitment and carrying it out will be more likely if there is some means to remind Pledge signers of their commitment. That is the reason why the list of students who signed the pledge will be published on our website. We suggest people not sign the pledge card or wear a green ribbon unless they intend to fulfill the commitment.

What is the future of the INDEVOR Graduation Pledge?

To ensure continuity, and to make the INSEAD Graduation Pledge viable, we will try to gain endorsements from key INSEAD stakeholders. Future INSEAD promotions will be encouraged to follow this initiative. The ultimate objective would be to institutionalize the pledge. We have to ensure that the Pledge doesn't come and go with our graduating class.

Following is the list of INSEAD students who signed the pledge

Jan 2003

ADLER Olivier - AGHINA Wouter - ALMEIDA Bruno - AMRITA Baani - ARHALL Sofia - BAISSAS Marc-Antoine - BANGLANI Ritesh - BATAILLE Laurent - BENICHOU Olivier - BERGENDORFF Jakob - BERTELLI Vanessa - BOEHRINGER Christopher - BOOTH Andrew - BORGIS Nicolas - BOURDOVA Olga - BRANDT Willem - BURKE Kevin - BURNIER Gustavo - CASTELLANO Antonio - CHAN Alan - CHEN Ann - CHERON Bruno - COLERIDGE Christopher - COSTASEQUE Jean-Michel - COSTE Vincent - COUSQUER Stefan - CROOK Danielle - DANDANAYAK Raghuveer - DASTE Nathalie - DAY Nicholas - DE-FRANCISCIS Maurizio - DENCKER Cristiano - DEUDON Guillaume - DINAKAR Saurabh - DI-PALMA Nicla - DRASTICH Karel - DUBAN Philippe - ELFEN Daniel - EL-HELW Sherif - ELLIS Richard - ESCOBAR Juan Carlos - FAULK Rebecca - FODIL Abderahmane - FOLIOT Nicolas - FUNG Leonard - FUNGE John - GATTONI Julien - GEIJERMAN Peter - GOAD Alexander - GOLLY Oliver - GORDILLO Victor - GROSSARD-AMIN Kamal - GROSSO Guillaume - HALLAS Jo - HATEM Zeina - HEURTAUX Eric - HOLT Ben - HRISTOVA Velitchka - HWA Catherine - JONCKHEER Pieter - KENT Michael - KERTESZ Suzana - KNOX Ricky - KUMAR Kartik - LAHAIE Patrick - LEGASSICK Lara - LE-GUEN Frederic - LESCAUT Veronique - LUCRAFT Clare - LUM Yoke Mui Cheryl - MAASS Katharina - MACKEY Linda - MBAZOA Urbain - MICHAU Rasmus - MICROMATIS Harinos - MORALES Jaime - MOUROUZIDES Constantinos - NACHEVA Maria - NAMBIAR Anil - NEGRI Stefano - NICOLAE Ciprian - OFFORD John - PANARITIS Elena - PASCOE Guy - PENEDO Joao - PERARNAUD Jean - PRITCHARD Valerie - QUINTANAL Jesus - RAMAKRISHNAN Mrinalini - RODENAS Andres - ROQUE DE PINHO Francisco - SCHMIDT Christian - SHARMA Kapil - SIOW Alan - SMYTH Stephen - STADLER Paul - STECLIK Iwona - STILLMAN Laura - SULCAS Adele - SWARUP Ashish - TAN Thomas - THAKKAR Mitesh - TRIOMPHE Thomas - TUMBIOLO Giovanni - URRUTIA Amaya - VALJI Rahima - VAN-WERSCH Lodewijk - VERSCHUIJL Dirk - VON POST Rutger - VOS Paul - WALSH Fiona - WANG Yanna - WHARTON Merilyn - YIN Kay - ZANGARI Marco - ZHAO Josie - ZHONG Jenny

September 2002

ALBAZZAZ Alec - ANNETTS Daniel - ARABADJIEVA Elena - BAIDWAN Siddharth - Bajaj Nitin - BANERJEE Debanjan - BABBER  Anu - BARNETT Rohan - BARNETT William - BARRE Nicolas - Barth Sebastian - Bartone Luigi - BAUMBUSCH Brent - BAUTISTA HOEPFNER Carlos Bernardo - BENZIN Timo - BERGER Anthony - BERGERON Christian - Bernet Samuel Benjamin - BHALERAO Manasi - BIRNBAUM Beth - BISBIGLIA Rosario - BOITQUIN Francois - BONACCORSO Mario - BOSCQ Pierre - BOUGLE Jean-Christophe - BOWDEN Hamish - BOYLE James - BOZYNSKI Karen - BREURE Arjan - BURRILL Gordon - CAMPBELL Rory - Campos Joao Paulo - Carignan Dean - CATTELL Jamie - CHANDY Augustine - CHAPMAN Darach - CHAZAN Ari - CHEN Lei - COOK James  - COX Gregory - CUNG Betty - DANILOV Maximilian - DAS Avijit - De Boeck Peter - DELAP James - D'HALLUIN Herve - DOBSON Thomas - Domingues Joana - DURAN Alejandra - Elias Daniel - ELKINS Mark - EL-SAMADI Dialla - FAN Jun (Charles) - FARCAU Lucian - FRANCE Rebekah - FISCHER Fab rice - FORAN Loretta - GAGLIO Tirso - GARCIA CASADO Jose M. - GILSON Philippe - GLIKMANAS Diane - GOERTZ Alexander - GOLDSCHMIDT Nicole - GOMBERT Justijn - Goossens Johan - GREEN Catherine - GRYPDONCK Peter - GU Yuan - GUIMARAES Pedro - Guiu Julien - GUTIERREZ Luis - Hadass Ilan - HERRERO Jose - HOOD Peregrine - HOTEIT Leila - IDE Jean-Bernard - JACOBS Arnout - JACOBS Marcel - JARRETT Jermaine - JOHNSTONE Christopher - JUNCO Pilar - KALOUSTIAN Mardiros - KAUSHAL Harish - KEDEMOS Patrick - KEE Lyn Tern - KIM Hyundae - KOTT Benjamin - KOUNDINA Maria - KRESTOVSKY Natalie - KUMAR Neeraj - LANOE Frederic - LAPOINTE Geoffroy - LAWTON Catherine - LE MORHEDEC Mark-Per - LEBEGGE Cedric - Lee Sao Wei - LEE Sae Wha - LEE-EVANS Natasha - LEITE Boris - LEKKERKERK Pieter - LETOURNEUX Yann - LEUNG Michael - LEVANT Jacob - LI Andrew - Lim Sin Jin - LIOTTA Stefano - LLENSA Daniel - LLORENS Vicente - LONARDO Alessandro - MACMILLAN Andrew - MALANEY Asheesh - MARJOLIN Beryl - MARKS Stuart - MAR OM Nir - MARTINEZ Daniel - Mason Peter - MASTROIANNI Renato - MATHUR Amit - MCMILLAN Judith -MEHRA Uday - MEHROTRA Vineet - MERCHANT Sahil - Messori Milena - MICHEL Nicolas - MILLAR Samuel - MIRAN Frederic - MIREMONT Juliette - MITARACHI Panagiotis - MOED James - Mukherjee Priyotosh - Mundstein Sascha - MURRELL Simon - NAZER Nabil - Neubeck Peter - OGURO Seiji - OSTENSVIG Anders - PAN Pan - PANCHAPAKESAN Geetha - PAPACONSTANTINOU Damianos - PAWA Kamal - PEREZ-ELLISCHEWITZ Benjamin - PIRET-GERARD Sandrine - Plakantonaki Charis - PORTAS Ramon - PORTNER Friedrich - PUEL Cedric - RADY Alaa - RAMAKRISHNAN Ganesh - RANGACHARI Venkatesh - RATJEN Julius - Regnault Bruno - Rey Benjamin - RINECKER Markus - RITTERBUSCH June - ROMBAUT Isabelle - SAKR Wassim - SALBAING Pierre - Santamaria Carolina - SAUMA Jose-Antonio - SAUNDERS Paul - SAVARY Renaud - SHAH Hamel - SHRESTHA Varun - SINGH Chetan - SINHA Siddharth - SINNO Hassan - SJOGREN David - SOHONI Reshma - Soler Antonio - SPEIRS Fiona - SPURGEON Darin - STAATSEN Wouter - STEPANOVA Tatyana - STOEVA Svetla - SUBRAMANIAN Vivekanand - SURENDRAN Kanagasabapathy - SZLEJF Ricardo - TAN June - TEE Hui Ling Nicole - THOMPSON Scott - TIELENS Philippe  - TINTORE Miquel - TRICCA Elena - TROTTA Julien - Tse Tik-Yang - TU Diana Shuyi - TUK Vincent - VAN DER KAMP Janneke - VILLA Davide - VOELLMY Lukas - WATTEZ Garance - WESSELS Manie - WIERSINGA Joris - WONG Siu Mui (Wendy) - WONG Veronica - Yaghi Nadine - YI Youn Joo - YOUSSEF Ahmed - Zhang Jingmin - ZHANG Dudu (Michael) - Zhu Rong - ZURSTRASSEN Nicolas

Jan 2002

ALESSANDRINI Laura - AL-SALEH Rasha - AMBROZEWICZ Catherine - ANAND Apurba - ANINGO Welugewe - ANUFRIEV Igor - ARADEON Dewole - ARIAS Ricardo - ATMANI Mohamed - ATNACHEV Marat - BANFI Francesco - BARET Matthieu - BARNSTEDT Christian - BARZ Kai - BERNARD Jean-Baptiste - BERNHEIM Caroline - BERTIE Alexander - BILLINGHURST Zoë - BISANZ Markus - BLACKBURN David - BOSCHER Erwan - BOUABBANE Slimane - BOUYGUES Bruno - BOZIC Aleksandra - BREUIL Marc-Antoine - BRICKELL David - BROCKMANN Arndt - BRODY Ingrid - BROWN Ian - CAI Xueqin - CAIRA Patrice - CALCUTT Amy - CAMERON Waverley Euan - CARLYLE Gordon - CARNOHAN Olivier - CARROLL Clement Patrick - CASTANON Paulo - CASTRO Filipa - CESARANO Luca - CHAHINE Mohamad - CHAN Lin Wai (Ruth) - CHEN Henry - CHESTNEY Lara Elaine - CIARLARIELLO Paolo - CLAPP Matthew - CLIFFORD Peter - COCOROCCHIA-MONTALTO Claudio - COLLIGE Olivier - COLLINS Edward - COLTMAN Roland - CORR Christopher - COSSÉ Cyril - COSTA Filipa - DAOUDI EL IDRISSI Amina - DE ANGELIS Juan - DE GROOT Marcel - DE MAN Bob - DE VRIES Hendrik (Daan) - DEL BUSTO Inigo - DENTI Veronica - DITLEVSEN Annemette - DUONG Dan - EGELAND Patrik - EVANS Christine - FALCAO Horacio - FALCK Juan - FANNING Susan - FARAJIAN Patrick - FEHLING Christian - FIESSINGER Claire - FLOQUET Nicolas - FOKMA Ymke - FOO Marcus - FOSTER Andrew - FRISCH Christian - FUNG Wan Yeung - GATINEAU Herve - GENTIL Martin - GIMENO Claudia GINGRAS Marc - GOMEZ Gabriel - GONTHIER Romain - GRANATE Diogo - GRILL Shirley - GROSSMAN Martin - GUFFANTI Giulia - GULLAPALLI Lata - GUPTA Punit - GUPTA Divya - GUYOTON Sylvain - HAMBLIN Alasdair - HAMMEL Wilhelm - HANDOKO Riko - HELLMUND Ricardo - HEMARD Julien - HILL Brendan - HO Ken-Meng - HOLME David - HU Chao - HUNTLEY Stephen - IANORA Antonio - IRVING David - JAMUAR Sumit - JARDIN Philippe - JAUGEY Frederic - JEELANI Owase - JEEVAN Sharath - JENSEN Jessica - JENSEN Ulrik - JETTE Pierre-Yves - JIMENEZ Antonio - JOHN Karen - JORDAN Paul - JUHASZ Peter - KAHN Lori - KANDALLA Venkatanath - KANSAKAR Binaya - KENNY Paul - KESWICK Benjamin - KETS DE VRIES Oriane - KHOO Hwee-Lan - KHOSLA Vijyant - KIM Elle - KOHALMI Zsolt - KOHOUT Mark - KOO Hsiaw L. Joanne - KWOK Wai Shun - LASCELLES Christopher - LEE Sharon - LEO Chandra - LEO Anthony - LESCAR Guillaume - LEWIS Katharine - LIM Michelle - LINDBLAD Stefan - LIU Sheau-Hern - LORIN Christophe - LOSADA Jose Maria - LYE Kok Loong - MACKAY Caspar - MANIVEL Saravanan - MARATHE Jay - MARIGO Piero - MARQUES Ana - MARTIN DE NICOLAS Estanis - MEYER Thierry - MOEHLER Ulrike - MOLOOBHOY Aly - MONETA Raul - MOREIRA Joao - MOSSAKOWSKI Silja - MOTA Ana - MOUJAES Chadi - MOURTADA Rami - MUELLER Alexander - MUIRHEID Benedyct - NADARAJAH Preetha - NANJI Munir - NOERGAARD Hans Ulrik - NOSE Mariko - NOVAES Eduardo - ORTIZ DE LATIERRO Miguel - OUNDHAKAR Sameer - PAJA David - PAKIN Frederic - PASKOV Alexander - PELISSIER Mathieu - PETROV Peter - PIKMAN Michele - PINTO CORREIA Hugo - QIAN Yuhong (Jenny) - RABAU Michal - RAJEY Nischal - RAMMAL Dany - RAPALLO Silvia - REIN Pablo Hernan - REYES Adriana - ROBERTI Camillo - ROEBUCK John - RUTTEN Onno - SAADE Fares - SAID Khaled - SAMAHA Hani - SANCHEZ MARTINEZ Sergio - SANZ Miguel - SAUDADE E SILVA Goncalo - SCHIEKER Stefan - SENGER-WEISS Wolfram - SHAH Sunil - SHEKHAR Ashish - SHIRVEN Laura - SIBLEY John Holden - SIEGEL Sara - SIMON Frederic - SMIT Carl - SOARES Catarina - SOY Ozgur - STEPHENS Matthew - STEVENS Laura - SURRY Gildas - SUZUKI Shoko - SYEDAIN Ali - TANG Beatrice - THAVER Komail - TRUESTEDT Matthias - TRUMPER Fabian - UGEUX Patrick - URSO Pietro - VAN DEN WALL BAKE Herman - VAN DER DOES David - VAN HOEY Michel - VANDENBULCKE Marc - VASSILEV Stanimir - VEDAM Hiranmayee - WAMBERG Thomas - WESCOATT Taylor - WIECHERS Marjette - WITT Eric - WOLKEN Hannah - WORTBERG Alexander - WRIGHT Christopher - WU Chun (Joe) - YEOU Stephane - ZEIN Walid - ZHENG Rong - ZHUANG Lei (Lillian)