The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative ''(GRLI)'' is a

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community of

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es as well as

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s and

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s. Based in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, its purpose is to catalyse the development of globally responsible leadership and practice in organisations and society worldwide. The GRLI was founded in 2004 and counts numerous organisations that are its partners and members. GRLI is an official partner of

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

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for Quality Education and Responsible Consumption and Production. GRLI's strategic partners are the

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...

(AACSB), the

European Foundation for Management Development The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international not-for-profit association based in Brussels. Europe's largest network association in the field of management development, it has over 890 member organizations from academ ...

(EFMD) and the

United Nations Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is a princ ...

Mission and Role

The mission of GRLI "to catalyze the development of globally responsible leadership and practice worldwide" is in line with the view promoted by GRLI that: :"The management challenge for the 21st Century is to create resilient societies,

sustainable Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livin ...

economies and a healthy environment in which all human beings can flourish and prosper. This calls for individual and collective

leadership Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

that strives not to be the best in the world but the best for the world." The GRLI aims at building a world where leaders contribute to the creation of economic and societal progress in a globally responsible and sustainable way. A starting point for global leadership includes, according to GRLI, fairness, freedom, honesty, humanity, tolerance, transparency, responsibility and solidarity, and sustainability. Considered a resource for

business education Business education is a branch of education that involves teaching the skills and operations of the business industry. This field of education occurs at multiple levels, including secondary and higher education Secondary education At secondary l ...

for cultivating leadership

integrity Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Inte ...

, the GRLI challenges business schools and other learning institutions to explain and promote organizational cultural changes toward

social responsibility Social responsibility is an ethical framework in which an individual is obligated to work and cooperate with other individuals and organizations for the benefit of the community that will inherit the world that individual leaves behind. Social ...

. It also cooperates with institutions of

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to further develop their curricula. The initiative has catalysed the creation of two new academic journals: the ''Journal of Global Responsibility'' and the ''Sustainability, Accounting, Management and Policy Journal''. The GRLI, in partnership with ''Principles for Responsible Management Education'' (PRME) and other networks, has given rise to several projects including: * the Sulitest – an online sustainability literacy test developed and promoted by

KEDGE Business School KEDGE Business School is a Triple accreditation, triple accredited (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB, EFMD Quality Improvement System, EQUIS and Association of MBAs, AMBA) French business school and Grandes écoles, gr ...

in France, * the AIM2Flourish global learning initiative – a global initiative steering future business leaders towards achieving the UN

, with an online platform for sharing positive stories on business as an agent for world benefit, championed by the

Weatherhead School of Management The Weatherhead School of Management is a private business school of Case Western Reserve University located in Cleveland, Ohio. Weatherhead offers programs concentrated in sustainability, design innovation, healthcare, organizational behavior, gl ...

at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, USA; * the 50+20 Agenda – a vision and global movement focused on "transforming management education in order to serve people, the planet and profit".

History

The GRLI was founded in 2004 by the

and the

. The initiative's 2005 founding report identified a need for deep systemic change in business, recognizing that this change "needed to take place at the personal, organizational and systemic levels". It was founded with the purpose of developing a next generation of globally responsible leaders through the development and support of projects and initiatives.The Globally Responsible Leader. A Call for Action
GRLI, 2009, , page 2.

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Mission and Role

History

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