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UN PRME
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) are a United Nations-supported initiative whose mission is to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally.

In the current academic environment, corporate responsibility and sustainability have entered, but not yet become embedded in the mainstream of business-related education. The PRME are therefore a timely global motivation for business schools and universities worldwide to gradually adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies to the new business challenges and opportunities.

Taking the Six Principles as a guiding framework, any institution which is willing to integrate corporate responsibility and sustainability in a gradual but systemic manner is welcome to join the initiative.

Foundation
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) were officially instituted in July 2007, as part of the United Nations Global Compact.

The initiative was developed by representatives of:


 * U.N. Global Compact
 * AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)
 * The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
 * European Foundation for Management Development
 * Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
 * Net Impact

As of September 2013, over 500 management-related academic institutions participate in the PRME initiative. By signing on to PRME, institutions express their voluntary commitment to promoting, encouraging, and exchanging best practices in areas such as curriculum development, research, business joint partnerships, and public dialogue about the importance of generating sustainable value for business and society.

Purpose
The Principles for Responsible Management Education initiative supports signatories’ efforts


 * by providing a framework for business schools and other academic institutions to position themselves as innovators and leaders in integrating sustainability and long-term value creation into management curricula and research.


 * giving participants access to a global learning community of like-minded academic leaders and faculty.


 * serving as a means to recognize an organization’s efforts to incorporate sustainability and corporate responsibility issues in teaching, research and internal systems.

The Principles for Responsible Management Education
Institutions of higher education involved in the development of current and future managers declare their willingness to progress in the implementation within their institution.

Principle 1, Purpose: Signatories will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.The aim is to develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.

Principle 2, Values: Signatories will incorporate into their academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.

Principle 3, Method: Signatories will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.

Principle 4, Research: Signatories will engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances their understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value.

Principle 5, Partnership: Signatories will interact with managers of business corporations to extend their knowledge of challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges.

Principle 6, Dialogue: Signatories will facilitate and support dialog and debate among educators, students, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.

Signatories understand that their own organizational practices should serve as examples of the values and attitudes conveyed to their students.

Assemblies (from 2008)
2013 2012 2011 2010 2008
 * PRME Summit 5th Annual Assembly (Bled, Slovenia).
 * PRME 3rd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
 * PRME Summit 3rd Annual Assembly (Brussels, Belgium).
 * PRME 2nd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (New York).
 * PRME 1st Global Forum for Responsible Management Education (New York).