Principles for Management of Responsible Education (PRME)
Birmingham Business School became signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Business Management (PRME) in 2017. The aim of PRME is to raise the profile of sustainability and equip today’s business and management students with the skills and knowledge to manage the challenges these bring in the future.
Our commitment to PRME continues, and its principles play a highly important role in the School’s mission to promote curiosity and thought leadership for responsible business across all of our world-class teaching and research activities.
The six principles of PRME
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.
2. Values
We will incorporate into our academic activities, curricula, and organisational practices the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.
3. Method
We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.
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.
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.
6. Dialogue
We will facilitate and support dialogue 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.
Read our latest PRME report
Meeting the Challenge of Responsible Business (2021 and 2022) (Please contact us if you require an accessible version of the report)