Greetings Fellow SIMians
In response to Michael Barnett's recent invitation to contribute ideas for consideration for an upcoming Academy of Management SIM Plenary discussion, I suggested an idea that we might all find important and engaging. Michael suggested that I share this idea with all of you.
I am one of the participants in the 50+20 Innovation Cohort: http://50plus20.org/ic2014. This project of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, http://www.grli.org, which is co-sponsored by The United Nations' Global Compact and PRME, the AACSB, and the EFMD, is a group of management educators from around the world that is exploring and developing ways and means to better align the research and curricula of business schools with the global economic, social, and ecological challenges of tomorrow. Our focus is upon developing promising organizational initiatives within business schools that foster a greater emphasis on Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability ("ERS") in management research and education. This greater ERS emphasis has been called for in both the new 2013 AACSB Accreditation Standards, and the new 2013 EFMD EQUIS Accreditation Standards.
For this purpose, the members of the Values in Action sub-group of the 50+20 Innovation Cohort interviewed fellow faculty members who are well positioned to know the current situation with respect to ERS within management education. We then pooled the insights we received in order to get an initial feel for the landscapes, tailwinds, headwinds, and crosswinds related to fostering a greater emphasis on ERS in management research and education. One outcome of our work so far, is the attached discussion paper: Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (ERS) in Business School Accreditation. The aim of this discussion paper is to share our initial findings about how universities are bringing ERS to life, and to generate greater ongoing dialogue about the inclusion of ERS standards in various accreditation requirements, and about how ERS can be advanced, whether institutions are seeking accreditation or not.
In addition to distribution across peer networks, we are issuing a global call for comments on our work. Also, we will be discussing this paper at the conference, Flourish & Prosper – The Third Global Forum for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, at Case Western Reserve University, October 14-17, 2014: http://globalforumbawb.com.
We value and seek your ideas and feedback. Should you be interested, we invite you to engage in further dialogue with us on this very important topic in business education (see Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (ERS) in Business School Accreditation - Appendix 1). Also, please feel free to share this message with any colleagues you believe may find this of interest. We hope to receive the first round of ideas and feedback by October 31st so we can analyze and share the results during the fall of 2014.
I suggested to Michael Barnett that perhaps we could subsequently discuss the results and advance this ERS dialogue and agenda further at an upcoming SIM plenary meeting. Should this be of interest to you, we also welcome your ideas as to how we might design a SIM Plenary on this topic.
Thank you in advance for considering our request for input and my suggestion for a SIM Plenary dialogue!
Very Best Regards
Mark Reno
MA, MBA, MEd, PhD
Ivey Business School
Western University
1255 Western Road
London, Ontario, Canada
N6G 0N1
Mobile: (519) 803-4613
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