Responsible Graduates at AMBS Dr Eva Niesten Director

Responsible Graduates at AMBS Dr. Eva Niesten Director for Social Responsibility Senior Lecturer in Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship eva. niesten@manchester. ac. uk

Responsible Graduates • • • 5 key SR priorities Uo. M Reporting on SDGs AMBS course units & SDGs SR in course manuals UN PRME

5 Key SR Priorities • Research with impact • Responsible graduates • Engaging our communities • Responsible processes • Environmental sustainability

Uo. M Reporting on UN SDGs • 2019 Report on the Uo. M’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals • Video on Uo. M contribution to UN SDGs

Uo. M Reporting on UN SDGs • Case studies on how our research, teaching and operations contribute to SDGs. • Statistics on our contributions – SDG 13 - Climate Action: > 9000 publications (2009 -2018) and 97 course units in 2017 -18

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 1: No Poverty - Human Resource Management in Asia - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - American Society and Economy - International Human Resource Management - Sustainable Commercial Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Sustainability and Social Responsibility Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being for People - Enterprise in Healthcare - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Work Design, Performance & Wellbeing - Equality and Fairness at Work - Wicked Problems: Clumsy Solutions - Leadership in Healthcare

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 4: Quality Education - Business Creation and Development - Integrative Team Project - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Consultancy Project - Training, Support and Development - Academic and Career Development Goal 5: Gender Equality - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Employment Practice and Equality - Equality and Fairness at Work Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Sustainability and Social Responsibility - Sustainable Commercial Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth 78 units with a direct relation to this SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure 33 units with a direct relation to this SDG

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities - International Finance - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Employment Law - Professional Accounting Practice - American Society and Economy - Ethical Business - Responsible Business in a Global Environment - Employment Practice and Equality - Equality and Fairness at Work Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Sustainable Commercial Development

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Eco-Innovation Management - Strategic Supply Chain Management - Corporate Social Responsibility - Responsible Business in a Global Environment - Frontiers of International Business and Management - Global Supply Chain Management: Theories and Practice - Sustainable Business - Sustainability and Social Responsibility - Sustainable Commercial Development Goal 13: Climate Action - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - Sustainable Commercial Development Goal 14: Life Below Water Goal 15: Life on Land - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development

Responsible Graduates – Course Units on SR Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions - International Finance - Marketing Issues In International Business - The Political Economy of Global Business - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development - American Society and Economy - International Labour Law and Regulation - Corporate Governance in Context - Frontiers of International Business and Management - Business Law 2: Law and the Modern Corporation in an International Context Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals - International Accounting Practice and Regulation - Managing Across Cultures - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development

Responsible Graduates • SR in course manuals: “AMBS aims for our graduates to develop not only academic and professional skills, but also a sense of social, ethical and environmental responsibility towards the societies of which they are part. Please give details of how social responsibility is addressed in your course unit by highlighting any knowledge or skills that support students’ social and ethical understanding and conduct. ” • Membership of UN PRME: Principles for Responsible Management Education

Responsible Graduates– Focus on Competences Principle 1: Develop capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value Principle 4: Engage in research on the impact of corporations on SR Principle 2: Incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global SR Principle 5: Partnerships with businesses on SR Principle 3: Create educational frameworks to promote learning for responsible leadership Principle 6: Dialogue with stakeholders on SR

Responsible Graduates– Focus on Competences Responsible Management Competences Competence Group Examples Domain (to know): Knowledge of sustainability, responsibility and ethics (SRE) Procedural (to do): Systems thinking or holistic thinking, transor interdisciplinary work Social (to interact) Collaboration and communication skills, change agency and leadership skills, strategic and entrepreneurial thinking Self (to be) Empathy for SRE, future orientation, problem awareness, self-perception Sources: Dzhengiz and Niesten, 2019; Laasch and Conaway 2015; Nonet et al. , 2016

Responsible Graduates – Course Manuals Course Manual Data of First Semester 2019 -2020: • Most course units refer to CSR, ethics, sustainability, social and environmental concerns • A few refer to decent work (SDG 8) • A few refer to responsible management competences, such as solving social problems, critical thinking and evaluation, and skills for socially responsible leaders

SR Example from Course Manual BMAN 73102 – Sustainability and Social Responsibility This course unit improves students’ understanding of sustainability and social responsibility in a business context, by emphasizing the study of sustainable business models and sustainable collaboration between firms. It discusses sustainable technologies and businesses that contribute to several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as goal 2 (zero hunger), goal 7 (affordable and clean energy), goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities), goal 12 (responsible consumption and production), goal 13 (climate action) and goal 17 (partnerships). In addition, the course unit encourages students to critically analyze the interaction between different types of sustainability and different UN SDGs.

New AMBS Intranet • Best practice examples from course manuals • Resources UN PRME • Resources UN SDGs

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