Deliverables
Sustainable Leadership in the Era of Climate Change
Focus is on the vital role of business schools in shaping and disseminating the values and best practices that future business leaders need to transform a global climate framework into action. Discussions include areas such as
- Integration of climate-related topics into management education curriculum,
- Research on the role of business in a low carbon economy and
- How to lead by example and strive to fully incorporate issues of climate change and sustainability into business school operations through green campus strategies.
Speaker: Jonas Eder-Hansen, Copenhagen Business School
Working Group on Executive Education
The interest in executive programs and the need for the integration of responsible management contents into business education continue to grow simultaneously. Based on these trends the PRME working group on executive education presents its first deliverable - the inspirational guide on the integration of the 6 PRME principles into business education in general, but with special attention to the specific parameters of executive programs.
Speaker: Felicitas Moncy, Stenbeis University and Oliver Laasch, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Walking the Talk
A Report of Teaching Methods and Instructor Styles in PRME Topic Areas
This study examined instructor teaching methods and teaching styles in all business disciplines when covering issues of ethics, social responsibility, sustainability/natural environment, or social entrepreneurship in their courses. The descriptive findings focus on similarities and differences between pedagogical approaches to undergraduate, graduate, and executive education for PRME related topic areas. The research was conducted in cooperation with PRME and the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators.
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer S.A. Leigh, Nazareth College
Sharing Information on Progress (SIPs): A world of inspiration
PRME signatories from all over the world have shared their work. The 1st SIP Analysis Report was aimed to understand precisely: Which have been the main actions taken or in progress in each one of the six principles? What can we learn from them? Which have been some of the most creative, brave and inspiring initiatives?"
Speaker: Dr. Jose Manuel Alcaraz, Barna Business School
Poverty Project
Following CEEMAN Survey on Management Education and Poverty Reduction, carried out in autumn 2008, which confirmed that fighting poverty is a legitimate management education topic, this global survey will try to capture state-of-the-art curricular and pedagogical innovations developed by business faculty on the topic of poverty reduction. Survey results will become the platform for further discussion, collaboration and innovation on this topic, including through the future work of the UN Global Compact PRME Working Group on Fighting Poverty.
Speaker: Milenko Gudic, CEEMAN
Giving Voice to Values
A New Curriculum Approach to Values-Driven Leadership
Rather than a focus on ethical analysis, the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum focuses on ethical implementation and asks the question: “What if I were going to act on my values? What would I say and do? How could I be most effective?” Drawing on both the actual experience of business practitioners as well as cutting edge social science and management research, GVV helps students and practitioners identify the many ways that individuals can and do voice their values in the workplace, and it provides the opportunity to script and practice this voice in front of their peers. With well over 100 pilots on five continents, GVV is funded by Babson College, and was developed with The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program as incubator and as founding partner along with the Yale School of Management. [www.GivingVoiceToValues.org]
Speaker: Dr. Mary C. Gentile, Babson College
"The Sustainable MBA: The Manager's Guide to Green Business"
The book provides a comprehensive overview of business and sustainability organized like a business school course with information on sustainability as it relates to Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Operations and Strategy. Based on over 100 interviews with experts in business, international organizations, NGOs and universities from around the world, this book brings together the pieces of the business and sustainability puzzle in an easy to use, easy to understand format. Today the book is being used by business schools, students and faculty internationally as well as by leading businesses.
Speaker: Giselle Weybrecht, Author, The Sustainable MBA
Travel Study Working Group
The purpose of this group is to promote comprehensive solutions that allow our students to broaden their understanding of their world through travel study, while minimizing the costs of that education to the environments, cultures, and economies of the places to which they travel.
Speakers: Drs. Linda Reid and Jeff Vanevenhoven, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Embedding the Principles Enshrined in the UN Convention Against Corruption in Business Schools Curricula
Focus is on the UN Convention against Corruption, the global anti-corruption treaty underlying the 10th Principle of the UN Global Compact, and the premium that it place on education. The presentation will focus on the cultural change which is necessary to turn the tide on corruption. It will emphasize the importance of educating the business leaders' of tomorrow in order to empower new generations of executives and managers to do business while upholding the highest standards of integrity.
Speaker: Dimitri Vlassis, Chief, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
