Theme: Trends and Current Issues
Specialisms: N/A
Presenter: Prof. Stephen Yong-Seung Park, School of Management, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Facilitator: Prof. Pamsy Hui, MM
Date: 13 Jun 2025
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue: AG206
The world is deviating from the intended course as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 target approaches, with little more than four years to go. The environmental, social, political, and economic spheres are becoming increasingly fragmented. A fundamental change in human consciousness, from a mechanistic to an ecological worldview, is necessary to address the sustainability crisis in integral ecology, going beyond technocratic and anthropocentric approaches. Universities, especially business schools, must accept their responsibility to promote this transformation at this pivotal moment. Based on the author's two decades of experience, this presentation examines how responsible management education can progress from ‘Learning to Know’ to ‘Learning to Be’, pointing the way toward peace and prosperity after 2030 based on human flourishing.
About the speaker:
Stephen Yong Seung Park ( 朴容昇 ) is a distinguished professor of human resources and industrial relations at the School of Management of Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea, where he has been on faculty since 1999. He holds numerous academic and administrative positions at the university, including Director of the Institute for Peace through Commerce, Special Advisor to the University Chancellor, and former Dean of International Affairs and Dean of University Relations. Additionally, he is serving as the current President of the Korean Association of Business Communication, as well as Senior Vice President of the Korean Association of Business Education. Professor Park has also served as a committee member of the National Labor Relations Commission of the Republic of Korea and as a member of the Labor Pastoral Commission of the Catholic Seoul Archdiocese. In 2010, he served as Conference Chair for the 1st Asian Forum for UN PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) in Seoul and was awarded the UN PRME Pioneer Award in 2017. He earned his doctoral degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in the U.S.A. His research interests encompass a range of topics, including strategic human resource management, labor management cooperation, corporate social responsibility, responsible management education, and business for peace. He is the author of the book "Responsible Management: The Great Transformation in Business" (2021 , Korean), and his scholarly work has been published in international academic journals, including the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Labor Research, Total Quality Management Journal, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Asian Journal of Business Ethics, and Nordic Journal of Political Economy, as well as various Korean language journals.
This activity is jointly organised by CoP on Education for Sustainable Development and EDC.
EDC Coordinator: Joanna Kwan
