Memberships

AACSB International is a membership association of educational institutions, business, not-for-profit and government organizations devoted to the advancement of higher education in business administration and management. Membership does not imply accreditation.

The European Foundation for Management Development (efmd) is a global, membership driven organization, based in Brussels. By exploiting its networking skills, promoting worldwide cooperation and setting quality standards and values, efmd is the recognized centre of excellence for management education and development in Europe.

CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Development Association) is an international management development association established in 1993 with the aim of accelerating and improving management development in Central and Eastern Europe.

CLADEA The Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA) is about forty years old now. It was founded in Lima in 1967 and it is one of the most important business networks all over the world.
This international organization was created to solve some of the most important problems of Latin American societies through the Teaching of Management and Business Management.
CLADEA's members constitute an Assembly which includes High Level Education Institutions devoted to Teaching and Research on Public and Private Administration.

As institutions of higher learning involved in the education of current and future managers we are voluntarily committed to engaging in a continuous process of improvement of the following Principles, reporting on progress to all our stakeholders and exchanging effective practices with other academic institutions:

Principle 1. Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.

Principle 2. Values: We will incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.

Principle 3. Method: We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.

Principle 4. Research: We will engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value.

Principle 5. Partnership: We will interact with managers of business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges.

Principle 6. Dialog: We will facilitate and support dialog and debate among educators, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.