What is PRME?

Founded in 2007, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative that aims to raise the profile of sustainability in business and management education through Seven Principles focused on serving society and safeguarding our planet.

PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic, environmental, and social goals. It draws attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aligns academic institutions with the work of the UN Global Compact. Driven by its mission to transform management education, PRME equips today's business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change tomorrow.

PRME Champion

Seven Principles

PRIME - Purpose
PRIME - Values
PRIME - Teach
PRIME - RESEARCH
PRIME - Partner
PRIME - Practice
PRIME - Share

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, organisations, 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.


The UN Global Compact

The UN Global Compact is based on ten principles in four key areas:

1. Human Rights

  • Support and respect human rights.
  • Ensure no involvement in human rights abuses.
     

2. Labour

  • Uphold freedom of association and collective bargaining.
  • Eliminate forced labour, child labour, and discrimination in employment.

3. Environment

  • Support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
  • Promote greater environmental responsibility.
  • Encourage environmentally friendly technologies.
     

4. Anti-Corruption

  • Work against corruption in all its forms, including bribery and extortion.
SDG

The mission of the PRME Champions group is to contribute to thought and action leadership on responsible management education in the context of the United Nations sustainable development agenda.