PRME: Building a global movement on responsible management education

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Background to PRME: how and why PRME developed?

PRME was established in 2007. It is worth noting that this time marked the end of an era, which began in the late 1980s, of unprecedented growth with low inflation in most Western countries and exceptionally rapid developments of economies like those of China, but also in other emerging economy countries. Spurred on by the pursuit of many companies to seek cheaper manufacturing opportunities abroad, the globalization of financial markets and rapid improvements in information technology, a

Moving forward: PRME: a call to action for higher education institutions

Following the circulation of the UN Global Compact's letter to its academic community, and a first meeting at the 2006 Business as an Agent of World Benefit conference at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA, a PRME Task Force was convened comprising 60 deans, university presidents and official representatives of leading business schools and academic institutions, charged with developing a set of principles to lay the foundation for a global platform for responsible management

Collaborative activities: working groups, regional chapters, champions

To support the implementation of PRME at individual institutions, a number of collective activities have taken place through PRME Working Groups, Regional Chapters, and a leadership group (PRME Champions).

The Working Groups have focused on particular issues under the PRME agenda and include: Gender Equality; Poverty—a challenge for Management Education; Anticorruption in Curriculum Change; Business for Peace; Sustainable Leadership in an Era of Climate Change; and Business and Human Rights. The

Global events: fora and summits

During the past decade, the PRME initiative has held a series of Global Forums and Summits aimed at developing responsible management education in a number of areas. These began in 2008 with the 1st Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (New York) that welcomed 270 participants from 45 countries around the world, consolidated the establishment of the Principles and set out the expectations for the development of PRME.

The 2nd Global Forum in 2010 was held alongside the 10th

The next decade and beyond: the Sustainable Development Goals and the new agenda for responsible management education

In 2017, PRME reaches its tenth anniversary. Meanwhile the agenda for responsible management education in the next decade is likely to be dominated by the agreements made at the United Nations in September 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were formally adopted. The SDGs or Global Goals set out an ambitious agenda to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The SDGs were developed in partnership with a range of stakeholders including educational

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