Responsible leadership in business, administration and innovation (RELBAI)

Integrating ethics and education in business practice

The group investigates how responsible leadership and innovation can promote sustainable organizations and contribute to the good of society. By integrating social responsibility, sustainability and ethical education into economic and administrative practice, RELBAI strengthens both academic research and the moral imagination required for leadership in an age of social change.

We focus on:

• Integrating ethics and sustainability into management areas such as finance, accounting, innovation and entrepreneurship.

• Exploring leadership and formation as transformative practices that shape values, purpose and integrity in organizations.

• Bridging Christian ethics and business practices to develop frameworks for moral responsibility, sustainable business development and growth.

Theoretical foundations

RELBAI's work is based on the ethical and theological principles underlying the doctoral program in social responsibility and education. Inspired by thinkers such as Hans-Georg Gadamer and Martha Nussbaum, the group views responsible leadership as both a moral and epistemological task. The research unites theology, philosophy, social science and economics in dialogue to meet complex global challenges – including business growth, profitability, job creation and the integration of young people into working life – within a framework that demands responsible and sustainable organizations.

Conclusion: uniting professionalism, ethics and education in leadership and business

RELBAI contributes to NLA's vision of uniting professionalism, ethics and education. Our research seeks not only to understand organizations, but to transform them – to develop leaders who act with wisdom, courage and responsibility to shape sustainable businesses and other types of organizations.