The Forum allows academic institutions to learn about and participate in the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) as part of the UN Global Compact as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The PRME initiative facilitates organisational change, inspiring and recognising higher education institutions that embed corporate responsibility and sustainability into their curricula - thereby producing business leaders equipped to manage the complex challenges facing business and society. This year one of the main discussion points will be the involvement of business and management education in contributing to the forthcoming UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Since the initiative's launch in 2007, over 600 institutions have signed up to PRME. Inspiring examples will be presented at the forum, including Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria, who introduced a "Managerial Anthropology" programme, an approach to teaching a more holistic, human-centred vision for business than the traditional economic outlook:
"This deepened understanding of human nature helps students to be better able to lead and relate to selves and others. It emphasises the importance of fostering human dignity and human flourishing and enables responsible use of freedom. In the process, it empowers the students to be true leaders, whether informally or formally, in their future careers." - Kemi Ogunyemi, Professor, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria
PRME signatory schools and universities are working to improve responsible management worldwide through innovative strategies and initiatives. The Global Forum will provide a space to identify global trend for 2015-2030 and will include business and management education in responding to the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), engage in interactive discussions, share good practices, connect with other likeminded peers and stakeholders to help think of solutions for CSR, and shape a roadmap for how business and management education can leverage engagement through PRME to be leaders.
Registration for the Global Forum is by invitation only. To request an invitation, contact gro.emrpnu@ofni. To learn more about joining PRME and/or the UN Global Compact, visit www.unprme.org/how-to-participate.
To view the agenda of the 2015 PRME Global Forum, visit www.unprme.org/global-forum.
