Developing responsible leaders in China: beyond compliance toward becoming a “force for good”?

Abstract

The most effective institution in society for creating value is the corporation and in the hands of responsible leaders it can be a force for good. What is the role of China’s business schools in leading responsibly a change process for a better future? This article frames important questions of China’s business schools and managers coming to business schools. The author examines the emergence of the digitalization of everything which raises primary questions of responsibility of business schools and calls for a painful and difficult paradigm shift. Deans need strategic courage to resist the heavy pressure on rankings which exerts a perverse influence on a school’s development, strategies and culture.