Future leaders:
fit for planet?
An Emerald mission in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
How can business schools produce the sustainable leaders that we need?
Are people looking away from their politicians and towards businesses to bring about changes for a sustainable future? Can business and business schools be a force for good?
Businesses are changing the way they operate, from remote and agile working through to meaningful relationships with society and stewardship of the environment.
We look at the ways that business schools are adapting in order to keep pace with these changes, and ask if they are producing the sustainable leaders that we need.
This mission supports our Responsible management goal
Introduction by Richard Oloruntoba
Richard Oloruntoba, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Curtin Business School, Australia, introduces our mission centered around the responsibility of Business Schools to produce sustainability leaders.
This mission discusses the skills that future leaders will need in order to ensure businesses lead the way in solving some of the worlds' environmental and societal challenges. Richard encourages researchers and educators to join the discussion.
Opinion pieces
Corporate social responsibility & future business leaders
Dr Virginia Munro
The evolution of CSR is crucial, as we navigate a world with climate catastrophes and associated wicked problems and challenges.
Future marketers – key to business sustainability & success
Dr Kemi Ogunyemi
Consumers want marketing information covering social and environmental consequences, and expect messages to be ethical.
Future business leaders: impact beyond the bottom line?
Prof Ken McPhail
Give me a political, environmental or social issue, and I'll show how the private sector is implicated in the problem and its solution.
Can business leaders help resolve the eco-crisis
Prof Ian D Rotherham
Some visionary business leaders invest in people and places. Is this something we can harness to help us solve our wicked problems?
Podcasts
Building sustainable business schools for future leaders
The future of business education
The future of learning
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals
Diversity & inclusion in organisations
Seven principles to ensure future ready accountancy graduates – a model for future research and practice
Rouxelle De Villiers
Meditari Accountancy Research
Thriving in the future: intentional followership development (2020)
Susan Grant, Susan Willsie, Garima Gupta
Industrial and Commercial Training
Developing resilient graduates to be future workplace leaders
Nikki McQuillan, Christine Wightman, Cathy Moore, Una McMahon-Beattie, Heather Farley
Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
A case for increasing exemplary followership in organizations
Debra L Finlayson
Industrial and Commercial Training
Transformational leadership style, followership, and factors of employees’ reactions towards organizational change
Abdul Halim Busari, Sajjad Nawaz Khan, Siti Mariam Abdullah, Yasir Hayat Mughal
Journal of Asia Business Studies
The inclusion of sustainability in management education institutions: Assessing critical barriers using the DEMATEL method
Chandra Sekhar
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Winterizing the Egyptian spring: why might business schools fail to develop responsible leaders?
Mohamed Mousa
European Journal of Training and Development
A tale of two standards on responsible management education
Lars Moratis
Journal of Global Responsibility
An integrated framework of UN and AACSB principles for responsible management education
Uma G. Gupta, Sam Cooper
Journal of Global Responsibility
Including SDGs in the education of globally responsible leaders
Norman de Paula Arruda Filho, Marcia Cassitas Hino, Barbara Sueli Przybylowicz Beuter
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
A review of responsible management education: practices, outcomes and challenges
Hala A. Abdelgaffar
Journal of Management Development
The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability
Issam Kouatli
Social Responsibility Journal
Greening higher education? From responsibilization to accountabilization in the incorporation of sustainability in higher education
Nikos Macheridis, Alexander Paulsson
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The UN‐Principles for Responsible Management Education: Sharing (and evaluating) information on progress
Jose M. Alcaraz, Magdalena Wiktoria Marcinkowska, Eappen Thiruvattal
Journal of Global Responsibility
Framing sustainable development challenges: accounting for SDG-15 in the UK
Madlen Sobkowiak, Thomas Cuckston, Ian Thomson
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
The past, the present and the future of accounting for human rights
Ken McPhail, John Ferguson
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
2030 is tomorrow: transformative change for a mistreated mother Earth
Jacques G Richardson, Walter R Erdelen
Foresight
Influence of political leaders on sustainable development goals – insights from twitter
Purva Grover, Arpan Kumar Kar, Shivam Gupta, Sachin Modgil
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Social marketing and higher education: partnering to achieve sustainable development goals
Chiara Hübscher, Susanne Hensel-Börner, Jörg Henseler
Journal of Social Marketing
Quality education: industry contributions to embed sustainability in a meeting and event management curriculum
Esti Venske
International Journal of Event and Festival Management
Innovating Leadership Education: How Business Schools and Universities Need to Innovate Sustainable Strategies in Leadership Education
Anna-Vanadis Faix
Introduction to Sustainable Development Leadership and Strategies in Higher Education
Megatrends and the future of work for public sector leaders and educators
Mahabat Baimyrzaeva, Carolyn Taylor Meyer
International Journal of Public Leadership
Public leadership and the wicked problem continuum
Mark N. Wexler, Judy Oberlander
International Journal of Public Leadership
Responsible management education (RME) post COVID-19: what must change in public business schools?
Mohamed Mousa
Journal of Management Development
Draw your organization! A solution-focused theory-method for business school challenges and change
Steffen Roth
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Micro-foundations for sustainable development: leadership and employee performance
Divya Tripathi, Pushpendra Priyadarshi, Pankaj Kumar, Sushil Kumar
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
The strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) quandary: an instructional case
Sandhya Bhatia, Gaurav Gupta, Arindam Tripathy
Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
Featured books
Rethinking the Business Models of Business Schools: A Critical Review and Change Agenda for the Future
Kai Peters, Richard R Smith and Howard Thomas
The Purpose-Driven University: Transforming Lives and Creating Impact through Academic Social Responsibility
Debbie Haski-Leventhal
CSR for Purpose, Shared Value and Deep Transformation: The New Responsibility
Virginia Munro
Challenges On the Path Toward Sustainability in Europe: Social Responsibility and Circular Economy Perspectives
Vesna Zabkar and Tjaša Redek
Communicating Social and Environmental Issues Effectively
Betsy Reed
Philosophy of Management and Sustainability: Rethinking Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in Sustainable Development
Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
A Manager's Guide to Using the Force: Leadership Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away
Michael J Urich
Leadership in Middle-Earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations
Michael J Urich
Leadership in Multigenerational Organizations: Strategies to Successfully Manage an Age Diverse Workforce
Michael J Urich
Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility Volume 38
Editors: Sinziana Dorobantu, Ruth V Aguilera, Jiao Luo and Frances J Milliken
Introduction to Sustainable Development Leadership and Strategies in Higher Education Volume 22
Editors: Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Taisir Subhi Yamin
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Mission-led research – our goals
Our core area of focus is interdisciplinary research aligned with the UN SDGs, with these key goals in mind, all of which are about creating real world impact, at a time when it's needed most.
Fairer society
We are passionate about working with researchers globally to deliver a fairer, more inclusive society. This perhaps has never been more important in today’s divided world...
Healthier lives
We understand the value of a world that recognises and protects the most vulnerable and acknowledges the importance of a healthy mind as well as a healthy body...
Responsible management
We aim to champion researchers, practitioners, policymakers and organisations who share our goals of a more ethical, responsible and sustainable way of working...
Quality education for all
We believe in quality education for everyone, everywhere and by highlighting the issue and working with experts in the field, we can find ways we can all be part of the solution...
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
We recognise the transformative power of sustainable engineering, design and building practices in creating a world where our planet and its inhabitants can thrive.
