CSI’s Graduate Certificate in Social Impact wins highest accolades from UN body;
Announcement posted by Centre for Social Impact 18 May 2015
CSI Course is a Champion of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education
A program designed for people who want to be change agents in the corporate, government and not-for-profit sector has been recognised by the United Nations as a champion of responsible management education.
The Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, offered by the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW Business School, met all six principles set by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
“The GCSI was designed and developed by a team of content experts who aimed to create a uniquely comprehensive curriculum based on systems thinking and social design principles,” said Dr Karen Soldatic, Director of Teaching, CSI. “Our aim was to equip students with a cross-sectoral perspective, enabling them to understand, and think strategically in order to drive meaningful and sustainable change. We’re thrilled that our program meets the UN’s stringent PRME principles.”
This program covers areas considered to be fundamental to responsible management, determined by PRME to be:
1. Purpose
2. Values
3. Method
4. Research
5. Partnership
6. Dialogue
The keystone course in the GCSI program at CSI embodies these principles. The “Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation” course first examines the social economy by studying traditional charities, social enterprises, socially responsible business and traditional corporations. It looks at why the traditional boundaries between government, business and the third sector have blurred and what that means for the capacity to deliver new forms of social impact.
About The Centre for Social Impact
The Centre for Social Impact’s GCSI program, which is offered at UNSW Australia Business School, is a Champion of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education.
CSI is a collaboration of four universities: UNSW Australia, Swinburne University of Technology, the University of Western Australia and Melbourne University. CSI’s mission is to improve the delivery of beneficial social impact through academic and applied research, teaching, measurement, and the promotion of public debate.
About UNSW Australia Business School
UNSW Australia Business School is one of Australia’s leading Business Schools. It has eight disciplinary schools, nine research centres, more than 14,500 students and 300 academics and researchers. Its 75,000 alumni work in countries across the world. The Business School’s mission is to be a globally engaged, high impact and academically rigorous business school that advances practice through leading edge research.
The Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, offered by the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW Business School, met all six principles set by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
“The GCSI was designed and developed by a team of content experts who aimed to create a uniquely comprehensive curriculum based on systems thinking and social design principles,” said Dr Karen Soldatic, Director of Teaching, CSI. “Our aim was to equip students with a cross-sectoral perspective, enabling them to understand, and think strategically in order to drive meaningful and sustainable change. We’re thrilled that our program meets the UN’s stringent PRME principles.”
This program covers areas considered to be fundamental to responsible management, determined by PRME to be:
1. Purpose
2. Values
3. Method
4. Research
5. Partnership
6. Dialogue
The keystone course in the GCSI program at CSI embodies these principles. The “Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation” course first examines the social economy by studying traditional charities, social enterprises, socially responsible business and traditional corporations. It looks at why the traditional boundaries between government, business and the third sector have blurred and what that means for the capacity to deliver new forms of social impact.
About The Centre for Social Impact
The Centre for Social Impact’s GCSI program, which is offered at UNSW Australia Business School, is a Champion of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education.
CSI is a collaboration of four universities: UNSW Australia, Swinburne University of Technology, the University of Western Australia and Melbourne University. CSI’s mission is to improve the delivery of beneficial social impact through academic and applied research, teaching, measurement, and the promotion of public debate.
About UNSW Australia Business School
UNSW Australia Business School is one of Australia’s leading Business Schools. It has eight disciplinary schools, nine research centres, more than 14,500 students and 300 academics and researchers. Its 75,000 alumni work in countries across the world. The Business School’s mission is to be a globally engaged, high impact and academically rigorous business school that advances practice through leading edge research.