THE ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS (ABS) LAUNCHES ETHICS GUIDE FOR BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Today sees the Launch of the ABS Ethics Guide; the guide is addressed to all members of the Business School community – students, teachers, researchers, managers and external clients – and sets out the standards to which we aspire in our work. In setting out these aspirations, we jointly acknowledge that the process is one of continuous improvement and that part of the role of a Business School is to inculcate ethical behaviours in its students.

Jonathan Slack, Chief Executive of the Association of Business Schools says:

“This Guide is intended to provide advice and guidance about the ethical questions and issues that may need to be taken into account when considering a range of learning, teaching, research and enterprise issues. This guide is not intended to be a strict code or point of prescription. It is intended instead to be a point of reference and to inform debate about our work”.

Business and management studies are a central component of the learning, teaching, research, enterprise and administrative work of nearly all universities in the United Kingdom. This work contributes to the development of hundreds of thousands of students each year as well as to the activities of countless companies and other organizations. (The ABS represents all of the business schools in the UK. Collectively, they provide business and management education for over 250,000 students a year).


The guide can be downloaded *from: http://tinyurl.com/2aete7p



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Notes to editors:
1.ABS is the authorative voice of business and management education in and for the UK.
2.METHOD AND DEVELOPMENT: The Guide was developed by representatives listed from the Association of Business Schools (ABS); British Academy of Management (BAM); Business, Management, Accounting and Finance (BMAF, Higher Education Academy Subject Centre); Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST, Higher Education Academy Subject Centre). The Guide is due to be discussed at the next meeting of directors of the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM).
3.ABS works with similar organisations in Europe and around the world to influence those who have an involvement or interest in business and management education.
4.ABS is a member of The European Quality Link (EQUAL) - the international association of quality assessment and accreditation agencies in the field of European management education at the Brussels - based European Foundation for Management Development (Efmd).
5.ABS is a registered charity (founded in 1992) with income derived through annual subscriptions, projects and other activities.

For further information please visit: www.the-abs.org.uk
Contact Details

For further information please contact Victoria Robinson, Head of Marketing and Communications, The Association of Business Schools. Tel: 020 7388 0007. Email: vrobinson@the-abs.org.uk or see: www.the-abs.org.uk