The Working Group Tours
The Working Group Tours are a series of sessions hosted by the PRME UK and Ireland network, between October 2024 and March 2025 to engage with the PRME Global Working Groups.
“PRME Working Groups deepen collaboration in and across institutions on specific issues relevant to corporate sustainability and responsibility and related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. PRME Working Groups develop and publish resources relevant to increasing awareness around responsible management education and other thematic topics for business”.
Each session introduces the Working Group Lead, how to get involved and feature teaching and research by Working Group members from the UK and Ireland network. These sessions were recorded with the relevant links to recording and slides all available below.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT (October 2024) .
Hosted by Dr. Alex Hope on behalf of the Working Group on Climate Change and Environment. Alex highlighted the many opportunities to get involved with this group, including carbon literacy training. Isabel Rodriguez Tejedo (on behalf of Jaliyyah Bello and Sara Da Costa) then presented the opportunities for students to join the 'Virtual World Tour on Climate Change Solutions'. So far, 400 global students have signed up! See the flyer in the images for more information. Amama Shaukat then presented her paper on 'Natural Environment Agency Theory (NEAT), discussing research and business implications, alongside how it can be adopted in the classroom connected to PRMEI5 pedagogy.
Recording link Presentation slides links Working group page and newsletter sign up link
SUSTAINABILITY MINDSET (November 2024).
Hosted by Dr Isabel Rimanoczy, Working Group Founder and Lead. Isabel plotted the development of the Sustainability Mindset Principles from awareness of her own mindset, which triggered her research into business leaders to understand more about why they were doing things for the 'greater good' that were not asked of them and if these behaviours were something that could be intentionally developed in others. She illustrated the transformation that can arise from a shifted perspective. Today, this working group has over 300 members and in over 50 countries, spanning education, research and business leader coaching.
Two members of the UKI community illustrated how they have used the Sustainability Mindset. Dr Barbara Tomasella from the University of Derby (Senior Lecturer in Marketing) introduced the Enterprise Educators UK Funded Project 'Developing an Entrepreneurship Education Toolkit based on Sustainability Mindset Principles', which currently has an open call for anyone like to engage in trialing materials (see the slides for a link). Dr Orla Kelleher from the University of Derby (Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Strategy) presented one of the modules she has shared with this project, that talks deeply to the principle area of 'Spiritual Intelligence'. It was great to see the session sparking new connections and thoughts across differing disciplinary areas.
Recording Link Presentation slides link (Barbara and Orla only) Isabel's Website Working Group page
BUSINESS FOR PEACE (December 2024).
Hosted by Working Group Lead, Dr John Katsos (Professor of Management, Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the American University of Sharjah (UAE), John outlined the group's research, teaching and learning and organisational engagement streams. His discussion showed the interaction between business and peace across domains of employees, operations, communities, markets and institutional life. Working Group member Dr Daryna Dvornichenko, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, presented her research findings on 'Business for Peace: How profit-oriented and social enterprises cope with the war reality'. Daryna's compelling presentation of the daily challenges facing business owners and entrepreneurs across Ukraine gave actionable recommendations for what businesses can do to support peace. Her presentation is highly recommended for a compelling, albeit alarming, insight into extreme entrepreneurial challenges in the face of conflict, where somehow business goes on, thanks to the innovative and resourceful responses of business owners and employees.
Recommended articles:
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“Business, Conflict, and Peace: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal of Management Studies. 2024 (with J. Joseph, F. Maon, A. Lingreen, and M.T. Uribe-Jaramillo).
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“A New Crisis Playbook for an Uncertain World." Harvard Business Review: Big Idea Feature. 2021 (with J. Miklian); and, the original Oetzel et al (2009).
Recording Link Presentation slides link (John) Presentation slides link (Daryna) Working Group page
ANTI-CORRUPTION (January 2025).
Hosted by Working Group Lead Dr Christian Hauser (Head of the PRME Business Integrity Action Center at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons). Christian provided a comprehensive overview of the PRME Working Groups and the diverse activities of the Anti Corruption Working Group members, spanning pedagogic, research and business engagement. Christian highlighted many projects arising from his fifteen years of leading this group, including an education toolkit (see below) and an industry insight talk series. Working group member Dr Rasha Kassem (Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Aston University, College of Business and Social Sciences) who illustrated how she addresses fraud and corruption in the curriculum, her research and knowledge exchange that spans sectors and impactful publications. Both Christian and Rasha are keen to hear from anyone who wishes to collaborate.
Recommended resources:
Recording link Presentation slides link (Rasha) Working Group page
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (FEBRUARY 2025).
Recommended resources:
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GSBN for Business and Human Rights Impact Community (with WG sign up link)
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Geneva Centre for Business and Human Rights - Case Studies
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Conscience Incorporated
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NYU Stern's Center for Business and Human Rights
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Chapter of Business and Human Rights
Recording link Doro's presentation slides Lara's presentation slides Working Group page
Impact and Sustainable Finance (March 2025)
Hosted by Jaap Bos (Maastricht University), and Meeta Kothare (University of Texas at Austin) on behalf of Megan Kashner (Northwestern University), this session shared information and insights about this 400+ members which represent over 235 universities across more than 40 countries. This group of colleagues is a sharing community of mutuality and collaboration for anyone who teaches sustainable finance/impact investing. By joining the consortium, members have access to a wide range of teaching and research resources.
Recording link Presentation slides available here Join the consortium here
Anti-Poverty (March 2025)
Hosted by Working Group Leads Professor Emeritus Al Rosenbloom of Dominican University and Milenko Gudić of the University of Belgrade with Professor Emeritus Carole Parkes of the University of Winchester representing the UK and Ireland membership. As the first PRME Global Working Group, established in 2008, Al and Milenko led a lively discussion on the group's history and how to get involved. The group welcomes anyone without obligation and especially those who wish to develop activities. Carole provided a national perspective of what poverty is, how it exists on everyone's doorstep, how it can be taught, and what is needed of universities and business leaders to address this problem that often comes with social stigma. Many resources, including authored books, are featured within the slides in addition to those below.
Recommended Resources