Mark Meaney recently was elected chair of the newly established North America chapter of the United Nations initiative. Meaney, who is the executive director of the at CU-Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business, also is part of the initiative鈥檚 International Advisory Board.
Launched in 2007, PRME is the first organized relationship between the United Nations and business schools. The initiative focuses on inspiring and championing responsible business management education, research and leadership globally.
Key areas the North America chapter will focus on include developing resources to foster student experiential learning in business ethics and establishing and sharing best practices to align with U.N. sustainable development goals.
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baby直播app 138 U.S. and 18 Canadian business school signatories comprise the new North America chapter, which is part of a collective of over 600 business schools worldwide.
Meaney has 20-plus years of experience and an international reputation in business ethics. CESR, which is one of the Leeds School鈥檚 centers of excellence and was founded through the support of the Leeds family, focuses on developing socially conscious, values-driven business leaders to manage the ethical challenges of a global economy.
Mark Meaney.
