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New research centre launched at Leeds Business School

A new research centre bringing together academic expertise, research, consultancy and advice on governance, leadership and global responsibility has been launched at Leeds Metropolitan University.

The Centre aims to act as a hub within Leeds Met for collaborative research across the University, examining global issues in governance and responsibility, across all sectors.

Professor Mervyn King, Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, delivered the keynote speech at the event, held in the University’s Rose Bowl last week.

Professor Mervyn King said: “Good governance is about the quality of governance rather than the quantity. We need to change the way the world is being led and the way that companies behave, to embed sustainability issues into their strategic thinking.”

Director of the Centre for Governance, Leadership and Global Responsibility, Professor Simon Robinson, commented: “Good governance and leadership is at the heart of successful enterprise and creativity, whatever the organisation.

“The Centre team is focused on developing an ongoing dialogue and partnership with business, professions and public bodies which can influence and drive governance debate and policy, and enable reflective practice at individual and board level on value-centred leadership and organisational integrity.”

Key research themes within the Centre include: intercultural views of corporate responsibility and governance in China; responsibility in the tourism industry; and how leadership and responsibility are best integrated into the Higher Education curriculum.

Following the Centre launch event was a free public lecture by Professor Mervyn King, charting the developing narratives of governance, leadership and responsibility, and considering the on-going challenges to the development of practice.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .