In the doctoral program of CEMS — Global Alliance for Management Education a Ph.D. workshop entitled Sustainability and Responsibility in Business was organized by the Business Ethics Center on May 20-21, 2011 in Budapest.
The workshop introduced cutting-edge results and approaches in corporate sustainability and business ethics. Insights from behavioral sciences, positive psychology and ecological economics were applied to arrive at a robust model of ethical and sustainable business. Working examples of progressive businesses which were presented included organic agriculture, eco-gastronomy, ethical fashion and sustainable banking. Faculty included Laszlo Zsolnai and Zsolt Boda (Corvinus University of Budapest), Knut J. Ims (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen) and Antonio Tencati (Bocconi University Milan).