Integrating Gender Equality into Business and Management Education

As we look towards creating a more sustainable development agenda, the alleviation of poverty and creation of a more equitable society will be two key challenges to society. The role that business through its management has to play in using its power, reach and policies positively to embody gender equality will set an example and bring benefits to a wider society where gender inequality persists - this impact cannot be under estimated. By setting out clearly the rationale for introducing a gender dimension into business management education, the book explores the catalytic role of educators and business schools in promoting gender equality in the workplace - a precursor to opening up opportunities for women to progress towards leadership roles. -- Jan Grasty, OBE, International Development and Women's Rights consultant Achieving gender equality is a key concern of our time. This book makes a convincing argument for bringing gender equality into the center of the sustainability discussion in management education, and provides important tools to do so. -- Jonas Haertle, Head, PRME Secretariat, UN Global Compact A catalyst for business schools, this book serves as both a call to action and blueprint for improving gender equality in management education and practice. It shows how business schools, and organizations like AACSB that serve them, can leverage the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education to create more inclusive environments and address critical issues related to gender equality in the global economy. -- Tom Robinson, PhD, President and CEO, AACSB International

This volume addresses the need to integrate gender equality into business and management education and provides examples of leading initiatives from various disciplinary and global perspectives. It is designed to help faculty integrate the topic into teaching and research.

This volume addresses the need to integrate gender equality into business and management education and provides examples of leading initiatives illustrating how this can occur from various disciplinary and global perspectives. Gender inequality has a long history in business schools and the workplace, and traditions are hard to change. Some disciplines remain resolutely gendered, affecting both women and men; and case materials on women leaders and managers are still rare.The chapters provide conceptual and research rationales as to why responsible management education must address the issue of gender equality. They also identify materials and resources to assist faculty in integrating gender issues and awareness into various disciplines and fields. These include specific case studies and innovations that assess or address the role of gender in various educational environments.The book is designed to help faculty integrate the topic of gender equality into their own teaching and research and gain support for the legitimacy of gender equality as an essential management education topic. This is the first book in a series on gender equality as a challenge for business and management education, published with the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Gender Equality.