ABSTRACT

This chapter presents a case study for the expansion and consolidation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in Externado University of Colombia. It provides an overview of the challenge(s) faced in relation to mainstreaming responsible management, an explanation of the actions taken in relation to the challenge(s), information about the results and benefits of the actions taken, and some points regarding the role of PRME/sustainability principles to carry out the activity. The Faculty of Business Administration of the Externado University of Colombia is committed to the integral development of managers who are capable of taking on the challenges of the 21st century. With the initiative First Steps in corporate social responsibility programme, Externado, with the partnership of the Global Compact Network Colombia, address this important challenge through students, professors, small and medium enterprises, big company signatories of the Global Compact, and other institutions, such as unions and business associations.