Responsible Management

  • Master
  • Economics and Management

The Master in Responsible Management educates the future leaders on responsibility and contributing to a business with purpose that creates value in and for society. Students will be equipped to tackle an organization's toughest strategic challenges, lead with greater confidence, inspire performance at all levels, and contribute to an organization of responsibility and integrity.

The full-time master offers a curriculum that is centered around, and fully integrates, relevant aspects of responsible management in its courses. The program's focus is on teaching how to manage effectively in pluralistic environments in which the needs of multiple stakeholder groups have to be balanced.

This Master offers:

  • Geneva advantage with excellent career opportunities
  • Purposeful business education
  • Student-centered learning
  • An international experience
Programme length

1.5 years (3 semesters)

Language of instruction
English

3 semesters (max. 5 semesters) | 90 ECTS credits

Core courses (30 credits)
Financial Reporting; Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Organizational Responsibility; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Strategic Management; Sustainable Accounting and Reporting; Sustainable Behavioral Science

Elective courses (30 credits)
Disruptive Technologies; Governing & Designing Organizations for Stakeholders; Global Strategy; Artificial Intelligence in Business and Society; Sustainable Branding; Responsible Leadership; Entrepreneurship Lab; Business & Human Rights; Change Management; Institutional Project; Perspectives on Responsible Management; Research Methods for Master Thesis; Mind and Machines; Strategic Human Resource Management

Internship or exchange stay (12 credits)

Master Thesis (18 credits)

Deadline: 28 February 2026

www.unige.ch/enrolment

The GSEM allows mobility at Master's level from the 3rd semester and for a maximum of one semester. The mobility stay replaces the internship, and is worth 12 credits.

www.unige.ch/exchange

Graduates find work in all sectors both in Switzerland and abroad. Given the nature of the Geneva economy, opportunities are usually found in banking, financial institutions, fiduciaries, consulting firms, insurance agencies, local and international manufacturing, international trade companies (e.g. commodity trading, product distribution), international or global organizations (e.g. ICRC, UNHCR, WTO) and public administrations.

GENEVA SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
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40 bd du Pont-d'Arve
1211 Genève
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