by Martin Parker / There is something of a tension between what business schools do and what they say. Not all of them, but most of them, are far more motivated by league table positions than climate change, social justice and exclusion. I suppose this shouldn’t surprise us, because for most b-schools, fee income is … Continue reading Why are business schools killing our planet?

by Christina Bache / Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, establishing the Women, Peace, and Security agenda. Despite evolving into prominent global frameworks for inclusive development and sustainable peace, the links between the two remain unexplored, and the potential contribution of … Continue reading Management education and the nexus of business and the women, peace, and security agenda

by Bobby Banerjee / About 25,000 people, including nearly 120 heads of state, have descended on Glasgow to participate in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). And in a modest attempt to manage expectations the UN’s top climate official has warned ‘word conflict and chaos’ could be the result of … Continue reading The pandemic and climate change: Beyond COVID-19 and COP26

by Isabel Rimanoczy / As an educator, I spend time reflecting on the complicated world for which we are called to prepare students. Today we “know” more than before about the problems, causes, consequences, & urgency of our planetary challenges, and in our management courses we make sure that students step into that body of … Continue reading Hard matter: Heart matters

by Carl Rhodes / Woke capitalism has becomes a catchphrase for reactionary pundits who want to condemn businesses who are increasingly taking a stand on political causes and toying with a new form of ‘elevated economics’. Whether it be Nike’s support for Colin Kaepernick’s Black Lives Matter anti-racist politics or Gillette’s engagement with the toxic … Continue reading The woke business school

by Lars Moratis and Frans Melissen / In an op-ed earlier this year, Financial Times editor Andrew Hill put forward the question whether the pandemic could turn out to be an impetus to rethink business schools and management education. In a context of a perfect storm of systemic crises, including climate change and racial injustice, … Continue reading Winning the war within: Radically reimagining management education’s relationship to the world

by Alfredo Estrada / Due to the drastic transformations that the world is experiencing at multiple levels, institutions of higher education need to understand that their role is not just to train people in how to be successful in the current system, but also to create the path for an integral improvement of society. A … Continue reading Higher Education for sustainable development: From an individual effort to systemic action

by Lars Moratis and Frans Melissen / What should responsible management education look like against the background of a world that is on a trajectory of a two degree Celsius temperature rise by 2050? Which roles can business schools take to tackle systemic challenges such as pandemics, the biodiversity crisis, and inequality and oppression across … Continue reading Inaugural blog: Beyond discussion