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Pillaging the earth and exploiting poor workers is all well and good, but sometimes the CEO of a major corporation needs a new challenge. When making money just isn’t enough, UVA’s Darden School offers executives a summertime lesson in the “triple bottom line.” Darden’s summer course “Sustainability and Beyond: The Emerging Triple Bottom Line of the New Economy” advances the notion that looking beyond huge profits can, well… reap huge profits.

Executives can shell out $3,700 to attend a four-day course in late June that will teach them “innovative and effective frameworks and methodologies used to transform perceived obstacles into significant opportunities for profits, growth, prosperity and mission success on multiple dimensions.” Confused? Exactly. Someday, we can only hope, “corporate responsibility” will be more than just another sales pitch.—John Borgmeyer