Mission of the College of Business

The College of Business gathers, develops and disseminates educational and research programs of excellence demanded by our rapidly changing, information-driven, global community.

Statement of Values

Each of us comes to the College of Business at Colorado State University with a deep commitment to excellence in higher education. We will achieve our vision and pursue our mission while fostering and upholding our set of shared core operating value principles:

Excellence. We are a community of scholars and professionals. We will not compromise on our commitment to excellence and intellectual rigor in the pursuit of value creation for our stakeholders.

Integrity. Our community fosters and expects the highest level of professionalism from its members. We honor and commit ourselves to the highest ethical standards in our pursuit of excellence.

Respect. Each individual in the College of Business community is important to its success. Therefore, we foster respect for the individual, promote open and responsible communication, require personal responsibility, and promote diversity.

Fairness. In pursuing our mission, we operate within a clear framework of fairness. Such a framework rewards outcomes that support the mission of the College, articulates clear performance expectations and measures, recognize excellence and develops processes and programs that foster continuous improvement.

Commitment. We anticipate barriers, impediments, and constraints due to external and internal forces. Despite challenges to our efforts, we will continue to focus on our mission and not waiver in our pursuit of excellence.

Citizenship. Ours is a community for all our stakeholders – the alumni, corporate partners, faculty, friends, parents, staff, students, and taxpayers of the State of Colorado. Individual actions will consider communal implications and welfare. We will therefore, pursue the joy of learning through involvement, teamwork, cooperation, and above all, ethical behavior. Pursuit of personal goals, when in conflict with the collective vision of the College, will be discouraged.