Our world today needs leaders that are both ready and willing to tackle our most pressing social needs such as poverty, health care, human rights, education, civic engagement and the environment.

QSB's Centre for Responsible Leadership is helping to meet this demand by preparing the next generation of responsible leaders. The Centre offers a Certificate in Socially Responsible Leadership for students enrolled in Queen’s Bachelor of Commerce, Accelerated MBA and Full-time MBA programs.

The Certificate programs offer participating students an opportunity to augment their degrees with an exciting experience-based, integrative exposure to the dynamic field of responsible leadership – exploring in depth areas such as business ethics, social innovation/ social entrepreneurship, sustainability, and community engagement.

Students who complete the requirements for the Certificate will bring to their employers an in-depth understanding of leading-edge thinking and practice on strategic dilemmas and opportunities regarding responsible leadership.

The Certificate programs have been designed with the following objectives:

Provide a meaningful, substantive, high quality experience surrounding issues of responsible leadership for students who choose this accreditation option
Allow students to achieve the Certificate concurrent with the completion of their degree within the existing program structure
Provide participating students with a truly unique curriculum experience

Each of the Certificate programs has the following three components:

Academic component with responsible leadership themed courses and assignments
Conference and event attendance to expose students to a diversity of topics and business issues within the broad field of responsible leadership, and to give students the opportunity to learn from and network with leaders and practitioners in various fields
Volunteer outreach activities with registered charities or non-profit community organizations

Details on the Certificate requirements for each of the Programs can be found on the following pages: