SUSTAINABILITY UNE Business School is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) which seeks to develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for their workplaces and broader society. The six principles of purpose, values, method, research, partnership and dialogue detail how to enact that commitment. Teaching and Learning Research MM200 Managing People and Organisations worked with Oz Medicann Group for the major assessment, with Strategic Human Resource Management students also working with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are also being addressed in some of our postgraduate units such as MM591 Managing Across Cultures – for example, a specific focus on goal 8 of the SDGs: Decent Work and Economic Growth with a particular focus on targets: 8.7. Eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, child labour and human trafficking; and 8.8. Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers. A well-attended workshop on embedding the SDG’s in curriculum ran at UNE Business School on 2 November. Stephanie Perkiss and Bonnie Dean from University of Wollongong ran a general introduction to embedding the SDG’s into curriculum and a workshop on using the Wikirate tool as a means to have students engage in experiential learning, using the internationally recognised metrics to analyse sustainability claims of organisations. Much of the research conducted within UNE Business School has a focus on sustainability issues with key points of focus being: • Australia’s future food and water security: smart science, smart technology • Climate change and environmental sustainability: protecting biodiversity, effective policies • Health and wellbeing in rural communities: social exclusion, health inequity, mental health, social policy • Our communities, our neighbours: regional and rural development, sustainability, prosperity and peace The School continues to pursue the theme of gender equality through our research, with work being done in agribusiness, economics, marketing, leadership, entrepreneurship and management spaces. 2018 Retrospective / 5
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