Proceedings of 7th Global Business and Social Science Research Conference
13 - 14 June, 2013, Radisson Blu Hotel, Beijing, China, ISBN: 978-1-922069-26-9
Drivers of Responsible Management Education
Lovasoa Ramboarisata
This paper uses both theoretical and empirical insights in order
to advance a set of propositions about the drivers of
responsible management education (REM). The latter
encompasses the diverse resources (teaching, research,
institutional support) business schools are providing in order to
educate students about ethics, corporate social responsibility,
and sustainability. Specifically, our propositions are founded on
hypotheses from institutional theory of organization
(perspectives of legitimacy, change, and institutional logics).
Moreover, we use preliminary evidence from our empirical
research about REM in Canada which tends to corroborate the
earlier theoretical suggestions. Our sample is composed of
business schools highly ranked on the Beyond Grey Pinstripe
and or Corporate Knights’ classifications. Some are also
signatories of the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible
Management Education.
Field of research: Business education
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Lovasoa Ramboarisata, Assistant Professor, Department of Strategy, Social and Environmental
Responsibility, University of Québec in Montreal, C.P. 8888, succursale centre-ville, Montreal,
Québec (H3C 3P8) Canada, Email: ramboarisata.lovasoa@uqam.ca