The
inside track
The SDG Inside initiative at Emlyon is a comprehensive, school-wide framework for integrating teaching on ethics, responsibility and sustainability into MBA curricula to create a common thread central to every student’s experience. Associate dean for executive education Christine Baldy-Ngayo outlines the mechanics; with further insight provided by Rhoda Davidson and Dan Kreuger
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to action of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) initiative. As institutions of higher education, the role of business schools is therefore to train those catalysts of change who promote the responsible transformation of organisations. With this in mind, Emlyon Business School’s mission is to create and share the knowledge that enables leaders to address the social, digital and ecological challenges facing organisations. We strive to develop the lifelong skills of responsible decision makers capable of understanding the world’s complexities and transforming society. This mission anchors Emlyon in its role to advocate for the common good. Furthering SDG competencies With the aim of mainstreaming ethics, responsibility and sustainability (ERS) into business and management education, Emlyon has developed
usiness leaders face increasingly complex decisions in a world that is driven by dynamic and integrated social, environmental, geopolitical and technological forces. As a result, they can no longer rely on ‘business as usual’ practices and must rethink how organisations can create value while at the same time playing a net positive role
in the world. To navigate this emerging landscape, business schools have an important responsibility to equip future leaders with the necessary knowledge, skills and values. “If we want to change how we do business in our communities, then we need to change how we teach business in our schools,” reads the call
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