PRME REPORT 2020-2021

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PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 2021 13

TEACHING AND LEARNING PRINCIPLE 3: METHOD, PRINCIPLE 5: PARTNERSHIP

FORMAL CURRICULUM EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD)

increasingly turbulent global environment. It builds

The PRME Principles continue to underpin teaching

of Responsible Management, Social Justice,

on our Business Management degrees from first year

Principles of Environmental Sustainability, Climate

undergraduates to Masters students. This includes

Change and Policy Responses, International

core modules relating to Responsible Management

Human Rights and Social (in)Justice.

and Sustainability as key pillars in the framework for our courses.

upon the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Management Education and designed alongside the UN SDGs. Core modules comprise Principles

Other Master’s level programmes such as International Business and Project Management

An example of an undergraduate module is:;

include a core module on the Principles of

Sustainability in Business - In the second year,

Responsible Management. Students engage

students are required, as part of their module

with the analysis of organisational practices

assessment to analyse organisation sustainability

through the lens of ‘The Great Reset’ and ‘Build

approaches and reporting methods using

Back Better’. The Executive Masters in Business

frameworks such as the Gap Frame. and the United

Administration (MBA) comprises a module on

Nations Global Compact SDG Compass. Dr Karen

Leadership, Sustainability and Ethics which enables

Cripps reports the value students gain from applied

professional practitioners to reflect on the alignment

knowledge of assessing organisational approaches

of organisational leadership with SDGs.

to the achievement of SDGs - “The depth of insight students gain into how the SDGs relate to all areas of business practice through this module, plays a vital role in developing employability profiles and leadership skills for the future we need”.

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES The Masters In Business Administration (MBA) (and other Masters level programmes such as the Applied Global Practice, International Business and the new Sustainability Masters) include core modules on Sustainability, Ethics and Responsibility. The newly validated MSc Sustainability and Social Justice programme is designed to challenge current thinking on the way in which individuals engage with, and organisations operate within an


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