2026 Responsible Management Education Week

Through thought-provoking keynotes, dynamic panels, and practical breakout sessions, attendees will learn from best practices, innovative solutions and insightful discussions on how to bring sustainability into business and management schools.

Join AACSB for an interactive seminar designed to help your school effectively integrate and communicate societal impact across strategy, accreditation & stakeholder engagement. Discover practical approaches, peer insights, and innovative ways to demonstrate your school’s commitment to advancing societal and research impact globally.

This EFMD workshop explores how accreditation standards can drive meaningful transformation in business education. Rather than a checklist, accreditation offers a framework to rethink leadership, ethics and responsibility within diverse contexts and challenges. Through examples and dialogue, participants will reflect on how accreditation can strengthen institutional culture, purpose and impact.

The first-ever in-person PRME Student Summit will be crafted and led by the PRME students’ community, for students. Students are welcome to join this event for free where the stage will host PRME Students Sustainability Award winners, young entrepreneurs taking part in the PRME Innovation Studio, as well as activists, educators, and beyond.

As part of RME Week, RRBM brings together scholars and institutional leaders to explore how responsible research — aligned with the RRBM Principles—advances credible and relevant scholarship. Discussions will examine how these Principles strengthen trust between academia, business, and society, driving meaningful change in both local and global contexts. Participants will engage with examples of methodological integrity, scholarly relevance, and leadership that position responsible research as a core element of institutional value and impact.

Agenda:

08:00–09:00: Registration Desk Opens & Continental Breakfast / Coffee & Tea

09:00–09:10: Welcome

RRBM Chair: Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow, University of Birmingham (UK) – Lead
RRBM Vice-Chair: Saonee Sarker, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business (USA)

09:10–10:00: Panel 1 — RRBM Honor Roll & Research Integrity: Celebrating relevant scholarship and addressing questionable research practices*

The aim of Panel 1 is to showcase the RRBM Honor Roll and opens a discussion on questionable research practices, highlighting methodological rigor and societal relevance.

10:00–10:05: Panel Changeover

10:05–10:55: Panel 2 — Responsible Research in Local Contexts: Bringing global principles with local relevance*

The aim of Panel 2 is to explore how responsible research flourish in diverse local environments, emphasising the importance of context in advancing credible and relevant scholarship and pointing out to universality of scholarship.

10:55–11:00: Coffee/Tea Break & Panel Changeover

11:00–11:50: Panel 3 — Leading for Responsible Research Impact: How institutional leadership and incentives can advance responsible research*

The aim of Panel 3 is to engage deans, rectors, and accreditation leaders in dialogue on how institutional culture and incentives can foster responsible research.

11:50–12:00: Closing Remarks

RRBM Chair: Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow, University of Birmingham (UK)
RRBM Vice-Chair: Saonee Sarker, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business (USA) – Lead

12:00–13:00: Lunch & Networking