In June 2008, the Kemmy Business School signed up to the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education Initiative (PRME), becoming the first Irish business school to do so. The PRME principles are inspired by internationally accepted values including the principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), linking to the wider identity of the University which is a signatory of the UNGC. They seek to establish a process of continuous improvement among institutions of management education in order to develop a new generation of business leaders capable of managing the complex challenges faced by business and society in the 21st century. The mission is to inspire and champion responsible management education, research, and thought leadership globally, and to support the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As well as implementing PRME within the School and with our stakeholder group, KBS engages with the wider PRME community through our membership of various working groups, and the steering committee of the PRME Regional Chapter for the UK and Ireland, as well as through our membership of the PRME Champions group.

The PRME Champions Cohort is a handpicked group of Business Schools worldwide, working together to lead active engagement with issues of responsibility, sustainability, and social justice - all aspects of the Kemmy Legacy. The representatives of PRME Champion institutions have made an ambitious commitment to work collaboratively to develop and promote activities that address shared barriers to making responsible management education a reality. The ongoing inclusion of KBS in this group is a testament to the depth of engagement across all four departments with the SDGs and PRME. KBS will be particularly focussed on the work of the PRME Champions in the areas of research, fostering and encouraging collaborative research across the community of Business Schools addressing the UN SDGs.  This aligns with the commitment in our mission statement to excellence in teaching and to fostering knowledge and understanding of business and society within a diverse, research-active, and socially engaged environment.

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The PRME principles are as follows:

Purpose
We advance responsible management education to foster inclusive prosperity in a world of thriving ecosystems.

Values
We place organisational responsibility and accountability to society and the planet at the core of what we do.

Teach
We transform our learning environments by integrating responsible management concepts and practices into our curriculum and pedagogy.

Research
We study people, organizations, institutions, and the state of the world to inspire responsible management and education practice.

Partner
We engage people from business, government, civil society, and academia to advance responsible and accountable management education and practice.

Practice
We adopt responsible and accountable management principles in our own governance and operations.

Share
We share our successes and failures with each other to enable our collective learning and best live our common values and purpose.

Professor Sheila Killian
Tel: +353 (61) 202237     
email: sheila.killian@ul.ie