Responsible Management Education, PRME Implementation at Graziadio

About the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007 as a platform to raise the profile of sustainability in schools around the world, and to equip today's business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change tomorrow.

As a voluntary initiative with over 800 signatories worldwide, PRME has become the largest organised relationship between the United Nations and management-related higher education institutions. PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and sustainability goals, while drawing attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aligning academic institutions with the work of the UN Global Compact.

Report Highlights

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Strategy Alignment

Graziadio Business School provides students with a strong basis in values-based business throughout its degree and non degree offerings.

The business school integrates a global focus into its study abroad programs and within a number of course offerings. Additionally, several academic activities provide students with opportunities to enhance their understanding of and participation in global social responsibility. The following programs operationalize the pillars of our mission to develop values-centered leaders and advance responsible business practice through education that is entrepreneurial in spirit, ethical in focus, and global in orientation.

Certificate in Social, Ethical, and Environmental Responsibility (SEER)

Program Description

Our certificate in Socially, Environmentally, and Ethically Responsible Business Strategy (SEER) is available to students enrolled in our Full-Time and Part-Time MBA programs. It is also fully integrated into the Master of Science in Management and Leadership, with all graduates automatically receiving the certificate. SEER certificate courses are taken as electives within their respective curriculum. Upon completion, students receive a certificate along with their degree.

Program Requirements

As part of the learning goals for the SEER certificate, students must fulfill requirements in three areas: Academics, Community, and Service.

• Academics - Complete four elective courses (8 units) within the SEER certificate curriculum. This includes the SEER capstone course taught by lead faculty Robert Bikel.
• Community - Join and be a member in good standing of Pepperdine’s Net Impact Chapter.
• Service - Complete at least one extracurricular SEER service project, typically volunteering with a nonprofit organization, attending a major sustainability conference (such as the Net Impact Conference), or interning with a social enterprise.

Global Programs

A core component to enhancing the global experience and orientation of our students, the school offers immersive global education opportunities around the world in conjunction with our local partner universities and organizations.

Pepperdine enables students to gain direct insight into the global marketplace—and earn course credit—through a variety of study abroad programs. Students gain an understanding of business environments and successful business strategy in another country through One-Week Abroad courses in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Students may also choose to engage in a full trimester of study at one of 35 partner universities around the world, affording critical tie-ins to responsible and sustainable business practice in another region of the world. Multi-week abroad programs of study are also available and offer valuable learning engagement and networking opportunities overseas.

Students can take advantage of this increasingly sought-after opportunity in two ways: through a One-Trimester Exchange in residence with a partner university, or through a one-week Global Intensive Business Course (GBIC).

One-Trimester Exchange

The One-Trimester Exchange is open to all Full-ime MBA and select MS program students. Students can pick from over 40 universities in 24 countries on five continents at no additional cost. Students gain invaluable experience in addition to enhanced resume credentials and a Global Business Certificate.

Global Business Intensive Courses

Our one-week global intensives offer cultural deep-dives in business epicenters around the world. Open to students of multiple programs as well as alumni, one-week courses are for-credit classes that provide a deep dive into a specific aspect of business in a global environment. All GBICs have been SEER certified for containing content and/or focus areas related to social development and sustainability.