RME Week 2025: A Global Call to Action for Responsible Management Education

NEW YORK, 23 JANUARY – The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), in collaboration with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) Network, and EFMD Global, is proud to announce Responsible Management Education (RME) Week 2025, taking place from June 9–13 and hosted by the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at the Cornell Tech campus in New York.

This transformative week will bring together leaders from academia, business, the public sector, and student communities to drive innovative approaches to responsible management education and sustainable development. Through its carefully curated program, RME Week aims to strengthen global commitments to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and foster collaboration across disciplines and industries.

RME Week 2025 offers a rich program of events, including:

• PRME Global Forum (9-10 June): Dive into the theme “Community and Commitment to Advance Global Responsibility” through thought-provoking keynotes, dynamic panels, and practical breakout sessions.

• AACSB Societal Impact Curriculum Workshop (11 June): This workshop is designed to be highly practical and interactive, giving faculty the time, the tools, the ideas, and the collaborators they need to bring societal impact concepts into their curricula effectively.

• RRBM Summit (12-13 June): Expect dynamic keynote speakers from academia, international institutions, and industry, engaging panels on critical challenges in scholarship, interactive sessions driving commitment to RRBM’s principles, and inspiring award-winning examples of responsible research.

• Celebrating Excellence: Join us for the Awards Reception hosted by PRME and RRBM, where we’ll recognize trailblazers in responsible management education and research.

• Meaningful Connections: Build lasting relationships with like-minded peers and global leaders who are driving positive change.

The strategic collaboration among PRME, AACSB, EFMD and RRBM represents a collective effort to guide business schools and educators towards integrating responsible management research and education into their curriculum. This partnership emphasizes the critical need to embed responsibility, ethics, and sustainability at the heart of business and management education worldwide to ensure a sustainable future.

“At PRME, we are proud to lead the charge in fostering responsible management education worldwide. As a United Nations-supported initiative, PRME is uniquely positioned to unite academia and business in driving sustainable change. RME Week is a testament to our commitment to empowering institutions, leaders, and learners to create a better future for all.” – Omid Aschari, Senior Advisor, PRME

“AACSB is proud to be a partner in Responsible Management Education Week, a vital platform for shaping the future of business education. Together, we are advancing a shared vision of embedding responsibility, ethics, and sustainability into management education. The conversations and collaborations during RME Week reflect our commitment to guiding business schools as drivers of positive societal change and sustainable global development.”- Lily Bi, President and CEO, AACSB

“This inspired cohort of educational and research partners invites you to join our shared purpose: empowering our students, inspiring our faculty, and informing their work for many years to come.” – Andrew Karolyi, Global Chair, Responsible Research in Business and Management Working Board and Charles Field Knight Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

"Responsible Management Education Week 2025 is a testament to the power of collaboration in shaping the future of business and management education. By uniting, we are forging a global commitment to embed ethics, sustainability, and responsibility at the core of education and research—because a sustainable future demands nothing less.” Alfons Sauquet, Director of Quality Services and EQUIS, EFMD

Registration for RME Week 2025 is now open. For more information, visit https://events.ringcentral.com....

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About the Partners

Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007 that aims to raise the profile of sustainability in their classrooms through Seven Principles focused on serving society and safeguarding our planet. As a voluntary initiative with over 800 signatories worldwide, PRME has become the largest organized relationship between the United Nations and management-related higher education institutions.

AACSB

Established in 1916, AACSB International (AACSB) is the world’s largest business education association, connecting business schools, businesses, and lifelong learners to create the next generation of great leaders. With members in over 100 countries and territories, AACSB elevates the quality and impact of business schools globally. Learn how AACSB and business schools from around the world are leading boldly in business education at aacsb.edu.

RRBM

Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM) is a global network to fostering credible and impactful research in the business and management disciplines that serves society. Founded in 2015 by EFMD and supported by its strategic partners such as the AACSB, PRME, the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program, the Global Responsible Leadership Initiative, and business schools worldwide, today RRBM is recognised as one of the thought leaders advocating for responsible research that addresses global challenges and promotes responsible management practices. To learn more about RRBM please visit https://www.rrbm.network/.

EFMD Global

EFMD is a global non-profit organisation founded in 1972, with nearly 1000 institutional members across 92 countries. It serves as a premier network for management development professionals in academia, business, public service, and consultancy. Recognised globally for accrediting business schools, programmes, and corporate universities, EFMD’s 30,000-strong network shapes management education worldwide. It fosters socially responsible leaders and managers through information exchange, research, and networking. EFMD facilitates close collaboration between companies and academic institutions, offering an array of services to its tight-knit community, such as conferences, seminars, workshops, awards, international projects and industry surveys. It leads quality assurance and enhancement through accreditation and certification systems like EQUIS, EFMD Programme Accreditation, EOCCS, CLIP, its EDAF mentoring programme and the BSIS impact assessment system. EFMD aims to strengthen the global management development community with a positive societal impact. For more information, please visit www.efmdglobal.org.

Media Contact

Cheyenne Metz
Senior Manager, Communications, PRME
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