Responsible management education: Mapping the field in the context of the SDGs

Meredith Storey, Sheila Killian, Philip O'Regan

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Abstract

This paper examines the field of Responsible Management Education (RME) in the context of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), situating the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) in relation to a range of associated initiatives and organisations using a light, Bourdieusian theoretical framing. The emergence of the SDGs as a frame or doxa for RME and the role of UN PRME as an agent in this field is explored in the context of the literature on how business schools have delivered on sustainability and responsibility imperatives. The field of RME is partially mapped, loosely categorising actors and initiatives as membership or affiliation networks, teaching and learning initiatives and student-centred or student-led groups. Their differing aspirations are discussed, and tentative conclusions are drawn on the extent to which the SDGs are acting as a unifying paradigm, and on the future roles that UN PRME may play in the field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-103
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Management Education
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2017

Keywords

  • Bourdieu
  • Education
  • Ethics
  • PRME
  • Responsibility
  • Responsible management education
  • Sustainable development goals
  • UN

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