The launch of this programme in April 2005 comes at a crucial time when
discussions on the relationship between corporate responsibility and
management education are centre stage amongst business leaders,
academics, policy-makers, civil society and the business media.
Recognising the need for tangible, results-driven partnerships, the
programme aims to equip current and future leaders with the knowledge
and skills to manage the complexity of modern business and to create
value for companies at the same time as for society as a whole.
To ensure strong business relevance and high academic quality, 15
initial proposals were assessed by company representatives and faculty
members. The resulting 7 successful projects include a broad range of
issues such as stakeholder management, measuring the business case,
social entrepreneurship, the role of government, the bottom of the
pyramid, management skills, MBA curriculum development and executive
training.
The institutions involved represent some of Europe’s leading business schools and span 7 countries:
- Ashridge(GB)
- Copenhagen Business School (DK)
- Cranfield School of Management (GB)
- ESADE Business School (ES)
- IESE Business School (ES)
- London Business School (GB)
- Norwegian School of Management (NO)
- SDA Bocconi(IT)
- Vlerick Leuven Gent School of Management (BE)
- University of Applied Sciences in Business and Administration Zurich (CH)
EABIS’ founding corporate partners, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever each contribute significant funding in support of the initiative.
The programme is a response to calls from the European Commission
“Multistakeholder Forum on CSR” (July 2004) and the "European Business
Roadmap” on CSR (March 2005) for business schools to play an active
role in developing current and future leaders on corporate
responsibility as a contribution to the European Union’s Lisbon agenda.
Results from 1 year projects and initial findings from 3 year projects
are expected spring 2006. Additional projects will be launched in
Spring 2006 as part of the 3 year initiative.
To read further details on the different projects, click on the individual project links below.
Measuring Corporate Responsibility – linking financial and social values
The Business in Society Learning Project: Creating Mainstream Curriculum Development and Teaching Materials
Good Practices of Stakeholder View
Enhancing Understanding and Practice of Responsible Leadership
Corporate Responsibility & Action Learning - Developing and
Implementing Executive Training for Business Managers (discontinued)
The Changing Role of Government: The Relational State and its Implications for Corporate Responsibility
A new paradigm for the "Bottom of the Pyramid": partnerships for market-, customer-, and portfolio-development
Please click on the following link to download all 
Executive Summaries of the projects or the Press Release
