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MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REFORM
Since its inception, the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit has been a convener and an active participant in a larger conversation regarding the transformation of management education. Here are the highlights of our signature efforts in this domain:
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UN Global Compact Principles for Responsible Management Education
In 2007, BAWB sponsored and actively participated in the development and launch of the UNGC Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), originally conceived at the 2006 Global Forum on BAWB. The Principles were launched at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit on 5 July in Geneva, and provide a framework for academic institutions to advance corporate social responsibility and sustainable value through the incorporation of universal values into curricula and research. Read more>>
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Aspen Institute Teaching Innovation Program
BAWB has been actively engaged in the Aspen Institute's Teaching Innovation Project (TIP). Part of the Business and Society Program at the Aspen Institute, TIP is a two-year, action-learning project and collaboration with eleven leading graduate schools of business and a small number of corporations. TIP strives to create a "tipping point" in business education to further the teaching of corporate citizenship and values-based leadership. Participating schools from the U.S., Canada, Spain, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, include Ashridge Business School, EGADE ITESM in Mexico, University of Navarra, Cornell University, Northwestern University, McGill University, University of Toronto, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, University of Michigan, University of Stellenbosch, and our Weatherhead School. Read more>> |
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BAWB Summit 2005
In October 2005, BAWB hosted a three-day Summit on "The Future of Management Education at the Intersection of Business and Society". Using the Appreciative Inquiry technique, 140 Summit attendees worked side-by-side to rethink and recreate management curriculum. They were inspired by keynote speaker Ray Anderson of Interface,Inc., and distinguished panelists Bill Starbuck, a professor at the University of Oregon and former president of the Academy of Management, Hazel Henderson of Ethical Markets Media, David Cooperrider of Weatherhead, and Jim Walsh of the University of Michigan, just to name a few. Read more>> |
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