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The United Nations has called on business schools to make much greater
efforts to advance the principles of corporate social responsibility.
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has made the demand in the form of a set of Principles for Responsible Management Education, which he wants academic institutions to sign. The six-part principles urge schools to ‘develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society’ and to incorporate ‘the values of global social responsibility’ into curricula.
The principles were announced at the 2007 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva attended by more than 1000 company heads. Luke Wilde, director of TwentyFifty consultancy, who was at the summit, said that some 80 Chinese companies and a dozen Chinese industry associations were in the audience. He told EP: ‘The strong delegation underlines how the Global Compact has attracted support in [emerging economy] markets at a time when other initiatives are struggling to move beyond the familiar faces.’
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has made the demand in the form of a set of Principles for Responsible Management Education, which he wants academic institutions to sign. The six-part principles urge schools to ‘develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society’ and to incorporate ‘the values of global social responsibility’ into curricula.
The principles were announced at the 2007 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva attended by more than 1000 company heads. Luke Wilde, director of TwentyFifty consultancy, who was at the summit, said that some 80 Chinese companies and a dozen Chinese industry associations were in the audience. He told EP: ‘The strong delegation underlines how the Global Compact has attracted support in [emerging economy] markets at a time when other initiatives are struggling to move beyond the familiar faces.’
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