The CSR box in this chapter discusses CH2M Hill’s efforts to offer summer programs at no cost introducing underrepresented groups to STEM education.

The company’s stated goal is twofold: to increase the pool of future engineering talent and to build better communities.

Some would look at these efforts as costly programs with no tangible financial benefit. There is certainly no guarantee that these children will work for CH2M Hill in the future, or even that they will choose careers in engineering. In fact, these efforts may end up supplying talent for CH2M Hill’s competitors and driving up future engineering wages.

What do you think?