PRME -UN Principles for Responsible Management Education
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Hanken was the first university in Finland to be accepted as a member to and to sign the principles of responsible management education - PRME. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative is the first organised relationship between the United Nations (UN) and business schools. The mission of PRME is to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally.
The six PRME principles are:
Principle 1 | Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.
Principle 2 | Values: We will incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.
Principle 3 | Method: We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.
Principle 4 | Research: We will engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value.
Principle 5 | Partnership: We will interact with managers of business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges.
Principle 6 | Dialogue: We will facilitate and support dialog and debate among educators, students, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organisations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.
More information on PRME and the principles can be found at http://www.unprme.org/.
Hanken's Progress Reports:
Read the latest (2018-20) Hanken's Sustainability (PRME) report!
Hanken was awarded for excellence in reporting for the report above among 500 competitors at the PRME Global Forum. Hanken has specially been recognised for its reporting on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more on this!
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Hanken as a PRME Champions School:
In 2013 Hanken was selected as one of 30 schools globally to become a PRME Champion Institution. PRME Champions are institutions have made an ambitious commitment to work collaboratively to develop responsible management education. The PRME Champions group works to refine what leadership means in the space of responsible management education, identify criteria for recognition of progress, and lay out a roadmap for continuous improvement by all in the PRME community. The group has also pledged to engage PRME more actively with United Nations agencies, funds, and programmes, as well as participant companies of the UN Global Compact.
Hanken continued as a PRME champions School for the 2016-17, 2018-19 cycle and now for 2020-21 cycle.
Read the news item about it!
PRME Nordic Regional Chapter and Hanken:
Hanken is a member of PRME Chapter Nordic. We also held the position of the secretariat for the PRME Nordic Regional Chapter for a couple of years until 8 October 2016.
The goals of the PRME Chapter Nordic are to:
- Provide a platform suited for collaboration and sharing experiences, promoting a mutual dialogue, support, learning and promotion of activities linked to the PRME Principles as well as addressing issues of mutual interest and concern within the Nordic context.
- Increase the visibility of PRME and its signatories in the Nordic region and use the Global Compact Office and Global Compact Nordic Local Network for future collaboration and activities.
- Promote the PRME initiative throughout the Nordic academic community as well as worldwide.
More information about PRME Regional Chapters can be found at http://www.unprme.org/
People at Hanken's PRME office:
- Martin Fougère, Associate Professor in Politics and Business, Department of Management and Organisation, martin.fougere@hanken.fi
- Nikodemus Solitander, Sinituote Postdoctoral Researcher in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility & Director at CCR, nikodemus.solitander@hanken.fi
- Enni Nokkosmäki, Social Responsibility Coordinator, enni.nokkosmaki@hanken.fi; prme@hanken.fi; hankengreen@hanken.fi
- Lida Nazari Responsible Organising Coordinatior, lida.nazari@hanken.fi