14/1/2009
Aston Business School
has taken part in talks at the United Nations with the Secretary
General Ban Ki Moon, and other senior officials in some of the highest
level UN discussions to ever take place with business schools from
around the world.
The UNs ‘Global Forum for Responsible Management’ which took place
at UN Headquarters in New York recently put the education of a new
generation of corporate leaders at the forefront of the long-term
viability and success of business.
Carole Parkes, a Senior Lecturer and Co Director of Social
Responsibility and Sustainability represented Aston Business School at
the forum. She said: “This is the first time that Business Schools have
engaged with the UN at this level and we were one of only seven UK
universities to attend.”
“A great deal of work was done to move the principles of responsible
management education into a reality and the forum was able to produce a
particularly useful outcome statement focusing on leadership,
environmental sustainability, innovation and an holistic approach to
theory and practice in research and teaching.”
“The current global economic downturn has demonstrated the high
degree of interconnection between capital markets and the real economy.
In the midst of the most severe financial crisis of our lifetimes, the
forum agreed that the values of global social responsibility embedded
in the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) have never
been more important. PRME business schools can play a critical role as
agents of change by renewing our commitment to the education of future
leaders”
“The outcome statement concluded that ‘as scholars and educators
committed to the Principles of Responsible Management Education we
stand ready to collaborate in the global agenda and become a relevant
driver in the creation of a sustainable and inclusive global economy
where business plays a positive role.’ I’m pleased that these are some
of the key principles that Aston Business School has been working to
for some considerable time.”
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