SOME REFLECTIONS AND LEARNINGS FROM PRME CHAPTER NORDIC Dr. Nikodemus Solitander, co-chair PRME-Chapter Nordic Hanken School of Economics, Finland

The mission of PRME is to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally Nordic PRME chapter representatives from CBS, Hanken and Reykjavik receiving PRME reporting awards at the 6th PRME Assembly (23-24 June, 2015, New York) (Photo Credit: UN Global Compact / Akinwande Ayeni)

The PRME Nordic Chapter currently comprises of ten official member institutions: – Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences (DEN); – Aalto University School of Business (FIN); – Copenhagen Business School (DEN); – Hanken School of Economics (FIN) – Jönköping International Business School (SWE); – Lund University School of Economics and Management (SWE); – JAMK University of Applied Sciences (FIN); – Reykjavik University School of Business (ISL); – Stockholm School of Economics (SWE) – Turku School of Economics (FIN) – A PRME school needs to sign a Memorandum of Understanding if they wish to join the Nordic PRME network.

Vision of the PRME Chapter Nordic The vision of the PRME Chapter Nordic is to integrate corporate and sustainable thinking into the management education at Nordic business schools and universities by implementing the Six Principles in a local, Nordic context. Mission of the PRME Chapter Nordic The mission of the PRME Chapter Nordic is to create greater awareness in the Nordic region for future generations of students through the integration of corporate and socially responsible thinking within management education and by enabling collaboration opportunities between the Nordic business schools and universities. Values of the PRME Chapter Nordic Signatories should have a sound understanding of the Principles and work to implement the Principles in a spirit of competence, transparency, respect and integrity without pursuing commercial interests. Signatories should also express mutual support and share the responsibility of organizing the chapter.

PRME CHAPTER NORDIC: GOALS Provide a platform suited for collaboration and sharing experiences, promoting a mutual dialogue, support, learning and promotion of activities linked to the PRME Principles as well as addressing issues of mutual interest and concern within the Nordic context. Increase the visibility of PRME and its signatories in the Nordic region and use the Global Compact Office and Global Compact Nordic Local Network for future collaboration and activities. Promote the PRME initiative throughout the Nordic academic community as well as worldwide.

PRME CHAPTER NORDIC: GOALS SHARE: Experiences, practices CREATE: Concrete collaborations/projects that are synergistic while representing different institutional settings/perspectives And… ABOVE ALL: No dinner speech- approaches!!

Examples of concrete projects 1.SIP Workshop (Finished: June 2015) 2.NORDIC PRME & GLOBAL COMPACT collaboration (ongoing) 2016 projects 1.NORDIC MOOC/DOCC (planning stage, ongoing) 2.Joint PRME Nordic PhD course “Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in the Nordic context” (ongoing, first module September 2017) 3.Get all Nordic B-Schools as PRME signatories (ongoing)

PRME Chapter Nordic workshops

Tips Importance of regional meetings to set the agenda and make decisions Facilitate meetings as workshops, similar to as you would with executive or other education Always allocate ownership of concrete projects to particular institutions – otherwise they will not be driven forward, PRME Nordic always allocates ownership to at least two schools Set time-lines / targets Regional secretariat coordinates and follows-up

Thank you and good luck!