Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE)

The Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) was established by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (in collaboration with The Kenan Institute for Ethics and Duke University Athletics) to advance leadership and ethics through research and education. Through this dynamic partnership, the center leverages the intellectual resources and practical experiences of leading academic and practitioner institutions to bridge theory and practice. COLE strives to influence the way students, academics, corporations, governments, and non-profits think about and practice business leadership and ethics in the 21st century.

The Fuqua School of Business

As a school, The Fuqua School of Business is dedicated to advancing the understanding of management through research, putting research knowledge at the service of business and society, and providing the highest quality education for business and not-for-profit leaders worldwide. Sustained excellence in terms of management education, research, and the advancement of management practice has been the school's mission with the end product (our graduates) being leaders of consequence."

Duke Corporate Education

With offices in Durham, San Diego, and New York; London, England; Ahmedabad, India; and Johannesburg, South Africa, Duke Corporate Education is a global provider of custom corporate education that helps clients address real-world, real-time business challenges.  Duke CE draws on a pool of over 700 educators from around the world who have taught its programs in 57 countries on six continents. Programs may be small or very large in scale, in many iterations, in several languages, covering a few to thousands of participants, with complex logistical requirements.  Close partnerships that make this possible include a joint venture with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA); and of course close ties with Duke University and its Fuqua School of Business.

In 2008 Duke Corporate Education was ranked the world's #1 provider of custom executive education for the sixth consecutive year by the London-based Financial Times, and has also been named #1 three times in a row in BusinessWeek's biennial ranking. www.dukece.com

Duke University Athletics

The mission of the athletics program, ultimately, is that of Duke itself: "to engage the mind, to elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the University." The goal of the intercollegiate program is the same as that of the University's academic programs: excellence. In this context, excellence includes commitment to the physical and emotional well-being, and social development of student-athletes as well as to the development of their sense of citizenship, dedication to sportsmanship and fair play, the development of individual and team skills, the exertion of best effort, the will to win, and general conduct that brings credit to the University and is a source of pride and enthusiasm for all members of the Duke community.

The tradition-rich story of Duke basketball includes 14 trips to the Final Four and in 1991, 1992 and 2001 the Blue Devils brought home the championship banners that now hang in historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke Athletics is annually among the nation's top 10 in the NACDA Director's Cup standings for overall sports success.

The Kenan Institute for Ethics

The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University is an interdisciplinary “think and do” tank committed to understanding and addressing real-world ethical challenges facing individuals,
organizations and societies worldwide. The Institute promotes ethical reflection and engagement through its research, education and practice in three core areas: Moral Education & Development, Organizational Ethics, and Civic & Global Ethics.