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Corruption “the misuse of entrusted power for private gain” as defined by Transparency International is recognised to be one of the world’s greatest challenges. It is a major obstacle to sustainable development as it diverts resources from their proper use. It has considerable impact on the private sector thwarting the promotion of necessary competition between major and minor brands leading to the formation of monopolies, which, not only hurt the consumer but represent serious legal and reputational risks, undermining the integrity of all involved and damaging the fabric of organisations and society on the whole.
In the current academic environment, corporate responsibility and sustainability have entered, but not yet become, embedded in the mainstream of management-related education. The Six Principles of PRME therefore emphasise a timely global call for business schools and management-related academic institutions world‐wide to gradually adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies to the new business challenges and opportunities.
In December 2008, inspired by the importance of bringing the Anti‐Corruption principle of the UN Global Compact into the academic debate, a group of business schools decided to form a working group on this issue. After issuing a first guidance report [1], the number of Working Group member/institutions increased to work on the following objectives.
The goal of the working group is to tackle curriculum change through a two-sided strategy. On the one hand, vertical—encompassing self-contained, independent business ethics modules in all open programs comprising lectures (on cases, technical notes, etc.), and experienced practitioners as on-campus speakers, case and discussion sessions on dilemma situations with compliance officers, and short programs focused on recent academic and business trends of best practices and compliance. On the other hand, a horizontal strategy, through the introduction of business ethics aspects/dimensions into existing academic courses, in particular governance and strategy issues (including stakeholder and trust theories) within business policy courses and compliance risk as a block in risk management (ERM) in finance courses.
Teaching: Develop best-practices and encourage curriculum change effected through the incorporation of a Business Ethics approach with compliance as one of its key components, offering an integrity-based view with an impact on good business practices.
Research: Promote research and dissemination of knowledge with a practical emphasis in the field of Business Ethics and Transparency, seeking to contextualize the discussion of these issues within each specific geographical region, offering concrete tools to practitioners to help them create, enhance and follow-up effective compliance programs.
The goal of the UN Global Compact Working Group on the 10th principle [2] - a multi-stakeholder working group - is to provide strategic input to the Global Compact’s work on anti-corruption and to define the needs of the business community in implementing the 10th principle. The Working Group aims to contribute to greater coherence by supporting the alignment of existing initiatives and avoiding the duplication of efforts.
In line with the goal for greater coherence, the two Working Groups on Anti-Corruption of PRME and the Global Compact, seek to collaborate in the following ways:
Take a look at the PRME Anti-Corruption Toolkit book, Anti-Corruption: Implementing Curriculum Change in Management Education. Published in September 2015, this new book presents comprehensive anti-corruption guidelines on how to professionalize anti-corruption education around the world and how to adopt, adapt, and develop best practices.
Visit the new PRME Anti-Corruption Toolkit website, launched at the 2013 PRME Summit in Bled, Slovenia.
The Anti-Corruption Toolkit, supported by Siemens as part of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, is an online and updatable website that provides the tools to address the ethical, moral, and practical challenges that students will face in the marketplace. The Toolkit provides cases and other resources on various topics, from which instructors can organise stand-alone courses or integrate into curriculum through individual course modules.
Read the comprehensive Anti-corruption guidelines for MBA curriculum change, launched on the occasion of the 3rd Global Forum (June 2012).
If you are interested in joining the working group, please complete this registration form.
If you would like to know more about the working group and/or contributing to the repository, please send an email to PRMESecretariat@unprme.org.
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