Accreditation: Values in Action
Values in Action captures GRLI's sustained strategic effort to leverage accreditation and quality assurance as a lever for embedding ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (ERS) into business schools' core operations. Working through long-standing relationships with accreditation bodies and networks—including AACSB and EFMD—GRLI has advocated for stronger ERS expectations within standards, reviews, and quality frameworks. Because accreditation influences how schools prioritise resources and define "quality," this work aims to shift ERS from an optional add-on to a central measure of institutional legitimacy and performance.
GRLI's Role
Advisor/advocate; leveraged partnerships to strengthen ERS in standards and frameworks
Ownership
GRLI (advocacy work) + accreditor partnerships
Initiative Type
GRLI-hosted
Impact
- Strengthens incentives for schools to integrate ERS and societal impact
- Helps translate values into measurable expectations and evidence
- Amplifies sector-wide change through standard-setting mechanisms