Across cultural contexts, promoting diversity and inclusion is essential for fostering equitable learning environments and preparing future leaders to navigate an increasingly complex and globalized world.
On behalf of Nordic business schools that are members of AACSB, we express our concern over the organization’s decision to replace “Diversity and Inclusion” as one of its ten Guiding Principles and Expectations for Accredited Schools with “Community and Connectedness.”
As Nordic business schools, we will stand by our core values and continue to prioritise diversity and inclusion in our education, research, and institutional culture.
We recommend that AACSB uphold its core guiding principles and clearly signal that diversity and inclusion may remain valuable - also for accreditation purposes - outside the US.
Signed by:
NORWAY
- BI Norwegian Business School
- NHH Norwegian School of Economics
- Nord University, Nord University Business School
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, School of Economics and Business
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Economics and Management
- Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo Business School
- University of Agder, School of Business and Law
- University of Stavanger, UiS School of Business and Law
DENMARK
- Aalborg University, Aalborg University Business School
- Copenhagen Business School
FINLAND
- Aalto University, School of Business
- Abo Akademi University, Abo Akademi School of Business and Economics
- Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
- Hanken School of Economics
- JAMK University of Applied Sciences, School of Business
- Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä
- LAB University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management
- LUT University, LUT Business School
- University of Eastern Finland, Business School
- University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
- University of Turku, Turku School of Economics
- University of Vaasa, Faculty of Business Studies
- Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
SWEDEN
- Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University
- Karlstad University, Karlstad Business School
- Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics,
- Lund University, School of Economics and Management
- Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering
- School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg
- Stockholm University, Stockholm Business School
- Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics
- Örebro University, Örebro University School of Business
ICELAND
- University of Reykjavik
About AACSB
- Established in 1916.
- The US-based AACSB – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – is the world’s largest business education alliance.
- BI has held the AACSB accreditation since January 2014.
- With the AACSB accreditation, BI upholds its prestigious "Triple Crown" status accredited by all the three leading international accreditation bodies: AACSB, the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).