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Equal opportunities These two programs involve more than 60 HEC Paris students, all volunteers from large associations such as Fleur de Bitume. To support access to excellence to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and to enhance social diversity on campus, HEC Paris launched a new need-based tuition fees policy in spring 2009 where eligible students pay neither entrance exam nor tuition fees. The initiative is supported by the HEC Alumni Association and the HEC Foundation. Class Gift Social awareness on campus Created in 2005 by three HEC Paris students, this initiative encourages students to say ‘thank you’ before leaving the campus by donating towards HEC Paris’ development. Donations made to the HEC Foundation go towards financing scholarships and grants for future students. Growing student response to HEC Paris initiatives is reflected by the increasing levels of involvement of students from all programs in missions, internships, professional theses, student-led clubs and the organization of numerous conferences on social business-related subjects. ESP’R: an HEC Paris association for Hope The ESP’R is an initiative set up by an HEC Paris student association enabling 38 students in their first and second years to accompany social entrepreneurs in different projects or missions. Another student association Genepi organizes workshops and courses in prisons. The HEC Paris Net Impact club is in charge of the on-campus annual Sustainable Business Conference that brings together more than 300 people to dialogue on the crucial challenges in social and environmental sustainability. Handifférence aims to make future managers more aware of the issues faced by disabled people in their everyday lives. Responsible campus Beyond the academic programs it offers, HEC Paris is also a practitioner of socially responsible initiatives. In June 2005, the school launched the ‘Responsible Campus’ initiative, which aims to integrate sustainable development and social responsibility into teaching and research, campus life and social engagement. An annual awareness day called Rethink showcases the ongoing efforts of staff, teachers and students to integrate sustainability into their daily lives. In 2007, HEC Paris underwent a carbon emissions audit, and the school recently published its first Sustainable Development Report, with a view to further reducing its carbon footprint. Focus Connecting people through technology On December 9, 2010, international thinkers and social activists convened on the HEC Paris campus for Digital4Change, a conference aimed at encouraging people to change the world through technology-based social actions. The event was co-organized by HEC Paris and danone.communities along with over 50 partners and in partnership with French European Commission representatives as part of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The conference united participants from different European locations via live broadcast, streamed over the Internet. Muhammad Yunus arrives at the conference Digital4Change brought together Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and Martin Hirsch, President of France's Civil Service Agency with other panelists from leading technology and social organizations including Florence Devouard (independent consultant and former board member of Wikimedia), Matt Flannery (Kiva.org founder), Walter de Brouwer (One Laptop Per Child – Europe), Mitchell Baker (Mozilla World) and Joe Green (Causes co-founder). Keynote speeches and debates challenged participants to rethink how web 2.0 technologies can help develop the means to escape poverty and become tools for social inclusion. 

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This is HEC Paris
A unique program portfolio
A place to live
Cutting-edge faculty and research
Privileged corporate relationships
HEC Alumni Association
International reach
Social awareness
Entrepreneurship
The Campaign 2008-2013
A place where leaders speak
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