Division of Business
International Graduate School of Business
International Graduate School of Business
The IGSB has been invited to become an Associate Member of the European Academy of Business in Society. We are the only Business School in Australia to be a member.
EABIS was established by 15 founding partners in 2002 after their CEOs and Deans agreed the urgent need for more and better knowledge and skills on business in society issues. These 15 multinationals and major Universities, remain active members today.
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In extending an invitation to us, EABIS noted "we are impressed with the leadership role that the University of South Australia is playing in developing managers and by its desire to shape issues and skills related to business in society in Asia. UniSA would make a quality partner, and we would be very pleased to welcome our first Australian member, expanding our rapidly growing network to 19 countries and 3 continents"
Membership will provide us with the opportunity to achieve greater internationalisation of our programs, and more internationalisation of our research.
Membership will also give us the opportunity to lead the integration of Eastern and Western management styles across the Asia Pacific Region. We will now have access to resources and networks which enable us to bring forward issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility and Business in Society, more strongly into our research, teaching and case studies.
At a research level in the School, another benefit of membership will be in obtaining more conceptual clarity of the roles of business in society and to be able to articulate the underlying paradigms. Arising from our active membership of EABIS, we will be better equipped to conduct more rigorous empirical research examining and explaining the role of business in globalizing society, through trans-national research frameworks. We hope also to be able to then encourage more research to examine and explain the role of business in society in its cultural and contextual dimensions through comparative and cross-cultural studies, especially in our region.
