Background: Business schools are one of society’s most influential institutions as they contribute to transforming and influencing the way the business world works. Hence, business schools bear responsibility for the creation of future, socially aware, graduates. Accordingly, the business industry expects business schools to educate future managers enhancing sustainability and ethical standards. Although it is argued that graduates in business schools get taught many professional skills and abilities to gain economic success, ethical and sustainable practices are often neglected. The schools are getting criticism for providing education distant and irrelevant to industry demands. Purpose: This study aims to create a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of responsible management education (RME) in business schools. The research can hopefully provide valuable insights, both practically and academically, for both the investigated school and other business schools while also providing a richer and more holistic view of the subject.   Method: This single-case study uses an exploratory and abductive research approach. Empirical data have been collected through semi-structured interviews with participants from Jönköping International Business School. Data has also been collected through document analysis. To understand and analyze the findings, thematic analysis has been used.   Findings: The findings show that RME has been implemented in various ways, both because the school itself believes it is highly important, but also because of the pressures stemming from various stakeholders and other institutional forces. Progress is found to have been made, yet the effects of that progress were not acknowledged significantly by either students or document analysis which might be due to a lack of a common definition of both RME and sustainability amongst staff and faculty. For the school to remain attractive, it is found important to continue its work towards RME and put equal emphasis on teaching financial, social, and environmental responsibilities.

O senso de urgência para a preservação do planeta e a gestão responsável das organizações, ocupa uma posição de destaque no início do século XXI, na agenda de corporações, escolas de negócios, governos e organizações sem fins lucrativos. O Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) surgiu em 2007, como uma resposta à demanda de organizações participantes do Pacto Global da ONU (UN Global Compact), para a formação de líderes responsáveis e compromissados com o desenvolvimento sustentável. Atualmente a iniciativa PRME tem uma estrutura composta por aproximadamente 700 escolas de negócios, distribuídas em 85 países. Apesar de ser uma rede com mais de 10 anos de existência, com alcance global, nenhuma pesquisa até então investigou o PRME sob o enfoque das redes interorganizacionais e suas variáveis determinantes de efetividade. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é verificar se o PRME é uma rede interorganizacional efetiva no nível da rede inteira, identificando as relações lógicas das suas características. Uma primeira análise qualitativa de conteúdo investiga documentos institucionais do PRME em busca da comprovação de sua efetividade, posteriormente, são analisados os relatórios de progresso individuais de membros exemplares, chamados PRME Champions, para a avaliação das variáveis que contribuem positivamente para a efetividade no nível da rede. Seis proposições são extraídas da revisão da literatura para serem discutidas empiricamente. As contribuições desta pesquisa são o fornecimento de subsídios teórico-empíricos sobre governança aos stakeholders de redes em busca de efetividade, em especial ao PRME, e a ampliação da compreensão no campo teórico sobre redes interorganizacionais. A pesquisa demonstra efeitos positivos do modo de governança, da estrutura, do funcionamento e do contexto sobre a efetividade no nível da rede inteira. Os dados apresentaram como determinantes da efetividade da rede os seguintes aspectos: existência de controle por organizações externas, organização, sistema de reuniões, agenda escrita, a transparência na comunicação à comunidade externa, o relacionamento dos gestores da rede com agentes externos, a liderança ativa, a liderança em rede, a estabilidade do ambiente, a presença de cultura cívica e o senso de colaboração e cooperação. A existência de comitê de direção, planejamento conjunto da rede, regras formalizadas e a negociação das direções da rede com stakeholders, exercem efeito moderado sobre a efetividade da rede. / The sense of urgency for the preservation of the planet and responsible management of organizations occupies a prominent position in the early 21st century, on the agenda of corporations, business schools, governments, and non-profit organizations. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) emerged in 2007 as a response to the demand of participating UN Global Compact organizations for the education of responsible and committed leaders in sustainable development. Currently, the PRME initiative has a structure composed of about 700 business schools, distributed in 85 countries. Despite being a network with more than 10 years of existence, with global reach, none research investigated the PRME under the approach of interorganizational networks and their determinants of effectiveness. The general aim of this research is to verify if the PRME is an effective interorganizational network at the whole network level, identifying the logical relations of its characteristics. A first qualitative content analysis investigates PRME institutional documents to prove its effectiveness, and then the individual progress reports of exemplary members, called the PRME Champions, are analyzed for the evaluation of variables that contribute to the effectiveness at the network level. Six propositions are drawn from the literature review to be discussed empirically. The contributions of this research are the provision of theoretical and empirical subsidies on governance to network stakeholders in search of effectiveness, the PRME in particular, and expansion of understanding in the theoretical field on interorganizational networks. Research shows positive effects of governance, structure, functioning, and context on effectiveness at the whole network level. The data presented as determinants of the network effectiveness the following aspects: the existence of external control, meeting organization, written agenda, transparency in communication to the external community, active leadership, network leadership, the relationship of network managers with external agents, the presence of civic culture, and the sense of collaboration and cooperation. The existence of a steering committee, joint planning of the network, formalized rules, and the negotiation of network directions with stakeholders, has a moderate effect on the network effectiveness.

O senso de urgência para a preservação do planeta e a gestão responsável das organizações, ocupa uma posição de destaque no início do século XXI, na agenda de corporações, escolas de negócios, governos e organizações sem fins lucrativos. O Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) surgiu em 2007, como uma resposta à demanda de organizações participantes do Pacto Global da ONU (UN Global Compact), para a formação de líderes responsáveis e compromissados com o desenvolvimento sustentável. Atualmente a iniciativa PRME tem uma estrutura composta por aproximadamente 700 escolas de negócios, distribuídas em 85 países. Apesar de ser uma rede com mais de 10 anos de existência, com alcance global, nenhuma pesquisa até então investigou o PRME sob o enfoque das redes interorganizacionais e suas variáveis determinantes de efetividade. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é verificar se o PRME é uma rede interorganizacional efetiva no nível da rede inteira, identificando as relações lógicas das suas características. Uma primeira análise qualitativa de conteúdo investiga documentos institucionais do PRME em busca da comprovação de sua efetividade, posteriormente, são analisados os relatórios de progresso individuais de membros exemplares, chamados PRME Champions, para a avaliação das variáveis que contribuem positivamente para a efetividade no nível da rede. Seis proposições são extraídas da revisão da literatura para serem discutidas empiricamente. As contribuições desta pesquisa são o fornecimento de subsídios teórico-empíricos sobre governança aos stakeholders de redes em busca de efetividade, em especial ao PRME, e a ampliação da compreensão no campo teórico sobre redes interorganizacionais. A pesquisa demonstra efeitos positivos do modo de governança, da estrutura, do funcionamento e do contexto sobre a efetividade no nível da rede inteira. Os dados apresentaram como determinantes da efetividade da rede os seguintes aspectos: existência de controle por organizações externas, organização, sistema de reuniões, agenda escrita, a transparência na comunicação à comunidade externa, o relacionamento dos gestores da rede com agentes externos, a liderança ativa, a liderança em rede, a estabilidade do ambiente, a presença de cultura cívica e o senso de colaboração e cooperação. A existência de comitê de direção, planejamento conjunto da rede, regras formalizadas e a negociação das direções da rede com stakeholders, exercem efeito moderado sobre a efetividade da rede. / The sense of urgency for the preservation of the planet and responsible management of organizations occupies a prominent position in the early 21st century, on the agenda of corporations, business schools, governments, and non-profit organizations. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) emerged in 2007 as a response to the demand of participating UN Global Compact organizations for the education of responsible and committed leaders in sustainable development. Currently, the PRME initiative has a structure composed of about 700 business schools, distributed in 85 countries. Despite being a network with more than 10 years of existence, with global reach, none research investigated the PRME under the approach of interorganizational networks and their determinants of effectiveness. The general aim of this research is to verify if the PRME is an effective interorganizational network at the whole network level, identifying the logical relations of its characteristics. A first qualitative content analysis investigates PRME institutional documents to prove its effectiveness, and then the individual progress reports of exemplary members, called the PRME Champions, are analyzed for the evaluation of variables that contribute to the effectiveness at the network level. Six propositions are drawn from the literature review to be discussed empirically. The contributions of this research are the provision of theoretical and empirical subsidies on governance to network stakeholders in search of effectiveness, the PRME in particular, and expansion of understanding in the theoretical field on interorganizational networks. Research shows positive effects of governance, structure, functioning, and context on effectiveness at the whole network level. The data presented as determinants of the network effectiveness the following aspects: the existence of external control, meeting organization, written agenda, transparency in communication to the external community, active leadership, network leadership, the relationship of network managers with external agents, the presence of civic culture, and the sense of collaboration and cooperation. The existence of a steering committee, joint planning of the network, formalized rules, and the negotiation of network directions with stakeholders, has a moderate effect on the network effectiveness.

This research study measures the impact of academic engagement and operational engagement, the strategies that are used by business schools for sustainability integration. The effectiveness of these strategies is studied through their impact on business students’ sustainability perception, their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) attitude, and their current behavior regarding sustainability. It is a quantitative study in which Independent sample t-test is used based on sample of 158 business students from Jonkoping International Business School and Gothenburg School of Business, Economics, and Law. Our findings suggest that the impact of sustainability integration strategies used by business schools is significantly different, that is to say that business school that is using operational engagement in addition to academic engagement is more effective than the business school that is using academic engagement only for sustainability integration. More specifically we found that business students’ sustainability perception, their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) attitude and their current behavior regarding sustainability is better in school using operational engagement as compared to the business school that is not using operational engagement. This implies that for sustainability integration it is important to provide practical demonstration and opportunities to business students in order to make them responsible future business leaders.

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The analytical model represents a framework in which the result is a collection of practices being reported, functioning as a useful guide and practical reference for higher educational institutions – signatory or otherwise – when promoting or advancing transformational change in their business model. The framework could also be valuable for Graduate Schools – or even Primary Schools to High Schools – considering the urgency of the 2030 Agenda, especially its 4.7 target, referred to as 'An education for sustainable development and global citizenship'. / Este estudo propõe um diagnóstico do que seria o estado da arte das práticas sendo reportadas através dos relatórios SIP (Sharing Information Process) pelo Champions Group, um grupo de escolas de negócios que são signatárias do Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME, uma iniciativa da Organização das Nações Unidas pelo Pacto Globa) e que se comprometeram a liderar mudanças transformacionais em direção a formação de lideranças mais responsáveis quanto a aspectos sociais e ambientais. O estudo também sugere um modelo analítico – baseado em pesquisa qualitativa a análise documental – para os processos de definição da amostra de pesquisa, de investigação de informações, identificação de padrões, organização e codificação de uma vasta quantidade de dados contidos no total de relatórios pesquisados. O modelo analítico representa um framework no qual o resultado corresponde a compilação das práticas reportadas, representando um guia útil e uma referência prática para instituições de ensino superior – signatárias ou não do PRME – quando estiverem promovendo ou avançando em mudanças transformacionais de seu modelo de negócio. O framework pode também ter valor para escolas de Graduação – ou mesmo para escolas de ensino fundamental e ensino médio – considerando a urgência destacada na Agenda 2030, especialmente na meta 4.7, que faz referência a 'uma educação para o desenvolvimento sustentável e para a cidadania global'.