NSU’s Huizenga Business School Signs on to The Principles for Responsible Management Education

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship has responded to the global call for business schools and academic associations to advance corporate social responsibility worldwide, committing to adhere to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).www.unprme.org

Initially introduced by a group of scholars and leading academic organizations at the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit, PRME provides a framework to guide the university’s efforts to incorporate corporate citizenship and sustainability into its curriculum and research.

“As current members of the Broward County community and future leaders of business communities within Florida and around the world, PRME is critical in helping mold our students with a keen sense of responsibility in these key areas,” said J. Preston Jones, D.B.A., dean of NSU’s Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship (HSBE) “I am proud of this important initiative that we’ve taken to move into the future with a focus on sustainability.”

A team of NSU experts, led by Isabel Rimanoczy, Ed.D., and Guenola Nonet, Ph.D both visiting professors and  Scholars in Residence, are carrying out this effort throughout the university. With this commitment to PRME, the Huizenga School of Business is joining nearly 600 other signatories, universities and business schools from around the world. It demonstrates the college’s willingness to follow six principles which focus on purpose, values, learning methods, research, partnership and dialog.

http://www.unprme.org/about-prme/the-six-principles.php

PRME was developed by an international task force of 60 deans, university presidents and official representatives of leading business schools. The framework that has been created is not a substitute for existing accreditation or quality assurance systems. Instead, according to Dr. Rimanoczy, it gives us the guidance to continuously improve on NSU’s citizenship and sustainability goals.

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About the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship: Serving more than 4,000 students, NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resource management, public administration, supply chain management and more. The school is housed in the five-story state-of-the-art Carl DeSantis Building on NSU’s main campus in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida. Programs are also available at multiple locations and online. For more information, please visit: http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/

About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, NSU is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and first-professional degrees levels.  An independent, not-for-profit institution with approximately 25,000 students, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach and Tampa, Florida as well as  San Juan, Puerto Rico and online globally.  For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is one of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification. For more information, please visit www.nova.edu  .

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