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Towards a Sustainable World - Academic Insights and Perspectives (2023)
"Towards a Sustainable World: Academic Insights and Perspectives" is a 2024 collection of essays published by the…
The GRLI Governance Framework (2018-01-29)
The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative Foundation, established in Belgium in 2008, published this comprehensive…
Business School Rankings for the 21st Century (Jan 2019)
Written by David Pitt-Watson and Dr Ellen Quigley under the UN Global Compact with support from Aviva Investors, this…
The Global Management Education Landscape (2008 - GFME)
Produced by the Global Foundation for Management Education (GFME) in 2008, this comprehensive report examines the…
Thomas Dyllick Farewell Lecture (2018)
Prof. Thomas Dyllick's farewell lecture, delivered at the University of St.Gallen in November 2018, examines the…
Global Responsibility – Issue 1- June 2009
Global Responsibility – Issue 1 (June 2009) is the inaugural magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative…
CBS Sustainability Plan (Autumn 2024 v2.0)
Copenhagen Business School's Sustainability Plan (Autumn 2024 v2.0) outlines the institution's comprehensive approach…
Globally Responsible Leadership Diagnostic (featuring the GRID)
The Globally Responsible Leadership Diagnostic featuring the GRID is a practical assessment tool developed by GRLI…
Sulitest Report (HLPF 2018)
Sulitest presented this report to the United Nations High-level Political Forum in July 2018, documenting its progress…
Whole Person Learning - Bryce Taylor (2008)
Bryce Taylor's 2008 manual, published by GRLI Press in 2010, presents Whole Person Learning (WPL) as a transformative…
GRLI Timeline (up to 2016)
The GRLI Timeline documents the evolution of globally responsible leadership and management education from the 1940s…
Global Focus special supplement: Globally Responsible Leadership (EFMD)
A special supplement published by EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) in partnership with the…
Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (ERS) in Business School Accreditation: Peer-Learning Perspectives (2014 draft)
Produced by the GRLI's Values in Action Group in 2014, this peer-learning resource examines how business schools are…
2016 GRLI AGM Report
The GRLI Core Team compiled this comprehensive report documenting the 2016 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in October…
Responsible Leadership Emerging - individual, organizational, and collective frontiers
Authored by Philip Mirvis at Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship alongside contributors from the…
CBS Facts and Figures 2025
CBS Facts and Figures 2025 is an institutional overview document produced by Copenhagen Business School presenting its…
CBS Facts and Figures 2024
Copenhagen Business School's 2024 Facts and Figures publication provides a comprehensive overview of CBS as a globally…
2018 Open Letter to the G20 Governments
A coalition of over 2,500 B Corps, business leaders, and impact investors issued this open letter to G20 governments in…
The GRID Booklet (2014)
The GRID Booklet presents a reflective framework developed by the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) to…
SDG Accord Report
The SDG Accord Report, published in July 2018 by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC),…
Open letter to COP21
A global alliance of higher and further education networks representing over 10,000 universities, colleges and student…
The 50+20 Agenda - Management Education for the World (2012) - Spanish
The 50+20 Agenda presents a transformative vision for management education developed collaboratively by GRLI, WBCSCSB,…
The Collaboratory (chapter)
Abstract Published by Greenleaf Publishing in July 2014, this chapter explores the concept of the "collaboratory" as a…
Towards Mutuality of Impact - 14-18 May 2018 (leaflet)
Kedge Business School in Marseille hosted this leaflet for a five-day global convening (14–18 May 2018) organized by…
The 50+20 Collaboratory Approach (2012) - French
The 50+20 Collaboratory Approach (2012) French The 50+20 Collaboratory represents an innovative methodology for…
The 50+20 Agenda - iPad edition (2012)
The 50+20 Agenda presents a transformative vision for management education aligned with global sustainability and…
Global Responsibility, Now (2017)
"Global Responsibility, Now" is a 2017 call to action from the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) for…
Creating a Peer Learning Platform (10 Oct 2014)
The GRLI Innovation Cohort describes the development and prototyping of virtual peer learning groups as an innovative…
The 50+20 Collaboratory Approach (2012) - English
The 50+20 Collaboratory Approach is a facilitator's guide to implementing collaborative learning sessions that bring…
Globally Responsible Leadership – A Call for Engagement (2005)
Abstract Published in 2005, "Globally Responsible Leadership – A Call for Engagement" represents the founding output of…
Global Responsibility - Issue 5 - June 2011
Global Responsibility Issue 5 (June 2011) is the GRLI partner magazine featuring diverse perspectives on globally…
Global Responsibility - Issue 14 - August 2016
Global Responsibility magazine issue 14, published by the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) in August…
Global Responsibility - Issue 8 - January 2013
Global Responsibility Issue 8 is the January 2013 partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative…
The 50+20 Agenda - Management Education for the World (2012) - German
The 50+20 Agenda presents a transformative vision for management education developed by the Globally Responsible…
Global Responsibility – Issue 4 – January 2011
Global Responsibility (Issue 4, January 2011) is the quarterly partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership…
Global Responsibility - Issue 12 - March 2015
Global Responsibility Issue 12 is the official magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI),…
Global Responsibility - An EFMD Initiative Towards Sustainable Societal and Business Management Development (2003)
The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) produced this 2003 position paper outlining its strategic…
Gapframe Report 2018
The Gapframe Report 2018 presents a comprehensive global assessment framework designed to measure progress toward…
Global Responsibility - Issue 15 - December 2016
Global Responsibility Issue 15 (December 2016) is the GRLI Partner Magazine, published by the Globally Responsible…
Global Responsibility – Issue 6 – January 2012
Global Responsibility is the quarterly partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI),…
Guardian Group Terms of Reference (Nov 2016)
The Guardian Group Terms of Reference, established by the GRLI in November 2016, defines the role, composition, and…
Global Responsibility - Issue 7 - June 2012
Global Responsibility Issue 7 is the June 2012 edition of the GRLI Partner Magazine, published by the Globally…
Deans and Directors Cohort (2019)
The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), a strategic partnership of EFMD, AACSB International, and the UN…
Global Responsibility - Issue 10 - January 2014
The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) published this partner magazine in January 2014 to commemorate…
Global Responsibility - Issue 3 - June 2010
Global Responsibility is the official partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI),…
Report on the 2020 Aug GRLI Deans Cohort Check-In Gathering (27-28 Aug 2020)
The GRLI Deans & Directors Cohort convened virtually on 27–28 August 2020 for a check-in gathering to process their…
Global Responsibility - Issue 13 - December 2015
Global Responsibility Issue 13 is the December 2015 partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative…
Global Responsibility - Issue 11 - June 2014
Global Responsibility Issue 11 (June 2014) is the official partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership…
2016 GRLI AGM Report
The 2016 GRLI Annual General Meeting (AGM) Report documents a week-long gathering hosted by Kemmy Business School at…
The Globally Responsible Leader - A Call For Action (2009)
Published in December 2008 by the GRLI Foundation of Public Interest—a collaborative initiative of the United Nations…
Report on the 2020 April Deans Cohort virtual gathering (23 Jun 2020)
The GRLI (Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative) convened its fifth Deans & Directors Cohort meeting on 29–30…
The 50+20 Agenda - Management Education for the World (2012) - English
The 50+20 Agenda presents a transformative vision for management education developed collaboratively by GRLI, WBSCSB,…
Global Responsibility – Issue 2 – January 2010
Global Responsibility magazine, Issue 3 (June 2010), is the GRLI Partner Magazine featuring thought leadership,…
2019 Dialogue at WEF Davos on Business School Rankings (11 Feb 2019)
A report from the January 23, 2019 Dialogue at Davos convened by Corporate Knights and the Principles for Responsible…
Global Responsibility - Issue 9 - September 2013
Global Responsibility Issue 9 is the official partner magazine of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative…