SBM ITB organized workshops and internal discussions on sustainable education. The theme of the series of workshops held from October to November 2022 is the formation of an educational organization that has and implements sustainable development principles. The SBM ITB is a global initiative called the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). Melia Famiola Hariadi, […]
PRME Workshop: Creative with Recycle Paper, From Waste To Be Resources
Paper is one of the greatest wastes in academic world. A study shows that each person in Indonesia consumes in average of 27 kg paper per a year paper. It is equivalent with 11 trees. “As a business school that concern and commit to the mission of the SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, we believe that having […]
PRME Corner: Could Small Business Support Sustainability?
Written by Melia Famiola Hariadi, Ph.D The answer is “Yes”. Find out how by reading this article which is a summary of a study by one of SBM ITB Faculty members, Melia Famiola, PhD, to understand the implementation of sustainability concepts in small business. People may ask: “Why do I choose to discuss sustainability in […]
PRME Corner: Ethics in Research, Do We Concern?
Ethics are norms or standards that are used to guide people to act and behave in a moral and responsible way. Therefore, research ethics defines as to how researchers work in appropriate way by considering the rights of the stakeholders who are involved including the researchers. This could be conducted by referring to the principles […]
PRME Corner March Update: SMEs’ Social and Environmental Initiatives in Indonesia: An Institutional and Resource Based Analysis
Nowadays every business has responsibility to applied sustainable development concept. Besides pursuing profits, business owners should be compromising with social and environmental awareness. Aligning with the increasing global pressure to contribute to a sustainable world, many contemporary business have begun to reveal their awareness of social and environmentally friendly practices. It is feasible that company […]
PRME Corner February Update: Should business schools nurture students to be compassionate?
According to Oxford Living Dictionaries, compassionate is an adjective which means “feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.” If everyone in the world shows compassion, then the world we live will be a better one. The better world that we expect to happen in 2030 is when there is no poverty, no hunger, and […]
PRME Corner January Update: A Short Cross-Cultural Reflection on Sustainability: Who Gets to Rule the World?
In this article, I am inspired to provoke our understanding (or misunderstanding) of the idea of sustainability. The inspiration comes especially from various discussions, social experiments, and observations when it comes to understanding and doing sustainability, especially those that are by nature cross-cultural. Being cross-culturally aware means being aware of the socio-cultural processes of how […]
PRME Corner December Update: Toward Green Economy “New mainstream of young entrepreneurs”
An afternoon in 2016, among many urban cuttles two weeks before eid adha, a young man approached and greeted me. “Ibu Melia, I’m Alif, I am one of your students in Bio-Ind management and entrepreneurship.” I welcomed the young man with warm greetings and positions. Maybe because so many students and also ages factors, I’m […]
PRME Corner November Update: An Assessment of the Principle for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Implementation in School of Business and Management ITB (SBM ITB)
Referring to our first newsletter published in October 2017, since November 2016 SBM ITB has been one of the signatories of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiatives to align its mission to educate innovative leaders with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).Referring to our first newsletter published in October 2017, since […]
PRME Corner October Update: Reaching the Dreams with Bandung Membaca Program
The urgency of reading has moved many people in various parts of the world to practice it throughout the year. The average American community can read 20 books a year. While Japanese people can reach 10 books per year, and neighboring countries in ASEAN devour 2-3 books per year. Unfortunately, in Indonesia, the public reading […]
PRME Corner September Update: Pro-Environmental Behavior of SBM ITB Students
Elias Yahya Honasan, a student from the bachelor of management program SBM ITB is currently finishing his final project on gap analysis of pro-environmental behavior among SBM ITB students. The research emerged as the result of his concern of the excessive use of plastic which in his view, based on previous studies reviewed in the […]
PRME Corner August Update:Sustainable Local Communities and the Efforts to Achieve It
Among all the 17 goals of Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2015, goal number 11 states about sustainable cities and communities. This goal entails the urgent need of new approach to develop our urban areas as well as the communities around us. This goal was created to anticipate the rapid growth […]