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Principles for Responsible Management Education to be Launched at 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit
(CSRwire) What:
Launch of the Principles for Responsible Management Education
at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit
When:
5 July 2007
Where:
United Nations Office Geneva (UNOG);
Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland
NEW YORK, NY – June 20, 2007 - The Principles for Responsible
Management Education (PRME), the first global guiding framework for
academic institutions to advance the broader cause of corporate social
responsibility, will be launched at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders
Summit, to be held on 5-6 July at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The
launch will take place as part of a luncheon on 5 July, which will be
attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as well as hundreds of
leaders representing business, civil society, government, and academia
from around the world.
The Principles of Responsible Management Education, calling for
incorporating universal values in curricula and research, have been
developed by an international task force of sixty deans, university
presidents and official representatives of leading business schools. The
initiative has been co-convened by the United Nations Global Compact, the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB
International), the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD),
the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program, the Globally
Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), and Net Impact.
Confirmed members of the academic delegation to present the Principles for
Responsible Management Education are Manuel Escudero, Head
Networks and Academic Initiatives, UN Global Compact Office; John
Fernandes, President and CEO, AACSB International; Gerard
van Schaik, President, EFMD; Peter Lacy, Executive
Director, European Academy for Business in Society; Anders
Aspling, Secretary General, Globally Responsible Leadership
Initiative and Dean, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium;
Angel Cabrera, Chairman PRME task force and President,
Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA; Labib Khadra,
President, German-Jordanian University, Jordan; Bernardo Barona
Zaluga, Dean, Universidad Javeriana Sede Cali, Colombia;
David Saunders, Dean, Queen's School of Business, Canada; as
well as representatives of ESADE Business School, Spain; XLRI Jamshedpur,
School of Management and Human Resources, India, and CEIBS – the China
Europe International Business School, China.
The Global Compact Leaders Summit will bring together hundreds of top
executives from business, governments, civil society and labour. Through
peer-to-peer interactions with top decision makers from all segments of
the international community, business leaders will have the opportunity to
access never-before released intelligence on socio-economic and
geopolitical megatrends while developing strategic frameworks to address a
range of issues at the nexus of business and society – including climate
change, human rights, anti-corruption, and access to finance and
capital.
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Media Information
A press briefing on the Principles for Responsible Management Education
will be held on 5 July at 2.30pm in the Press Briefing Room (Room III),
Palais des Nations, UN Office Geneva. Journalists wishing to attend the
briefing and/or the Leaders Summit must seek accreditation from the United
Nations Office Geneva, presenting proof that they represent a bona fide
media organization. Visit www.globalcompactsummit.org/pressaccreditation.shtml
for more information. (No further accreditation is needed for members of
the UN press corps in Geneva).
General information on the Leaders Summit, including a detailed agenda and
updated speakers list, is available at www.globalcompactsummit.org.
The Summit’s full press briefing schedule (including briefing panelists)
as well as information on interview opportunities will be made available
online shortly.
About the United Nations Global Compact
Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact brings business together with UN
agencies, labor, civil society and governments to advance ten universal
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and
anti-corruption. Through the power of collective action, the Global
Compact seeks to mainstream these ten principles in business activities
around the world and to catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals.
With over 3,100 participating companies and hundreds of other stakeholders
from more than 100 countries, it is the world's largest voluntary corporate
citizenship initiative. For more information, please visit www.unglobalcompact.org.
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