The EFMD workshop: Aligning global standards with values, context, and purpose draws on best practices from EFMD’s global network of business schools to explore how ethics, sustainability, and responsible management can be strengthened in different institutional contexts. Instead of treating accreditation as a goal in itself, the session looks at how schools have used parts of the accreditation process to progress on their own priorities.
Participants will work with concrete examples and discuss practices that can be adapted to their local needs, helping them apply responsible management principles in ways that are realistic for their own institutions.
Organised within the 2026 Responsible Management Education Week
The 4th annual Responsible Management Education (RME) week, hosted at the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo, Egypt from 28 June – 1 July. The 2026 edition will include collaborations and events with Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) Network.
The strategic collaboration among PRME, AACSB, EFMD, and RRBM underscores the importance of weaving responsibility, ethics, and sustainability into the core of teaching, research, and practice. Hosting the week in Africa highlights the region’s pivotal role in shaping global conversations on management education and in driving innovation for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Higher education institutions and professionals interested in sustainable and responsible business/management education and research, including stakeholders from business, academia, the United Nations, and the public sector.
We hope to equip attendees with tangible practices, skills, and policies they can implement to produce responsible leaders who will prioritise the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The objective of RME Week is to advance responsible management education and its impact worldwide through convening and knowledge exchange. This year introduces a theme to connect the events through one common through line: Counting on Collective Values.
RME Week 2026 in Cairo will unite leaders from academia, business, government, and student communities to spark new ideas and actionable solutions for responsible management education and sustainable development. With a dynamic program of dialogues, workshops, and collaborative spaces, the week will reinforce global commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
