School of Industrial Engineering of Technical University of Madrid

Social responsibility is integrated with the four areas of the university: Teaching, Research, Management and University Extension.The project is based in the participation of stakeholders and the transparency. Thus, different channels were enabled to allow stakeholders to participate in the project by selecting the improvement areas to work on and the consequent actions to be done. The accountability is done by a social responsibility report that serves as a communication tool, as it explains the different initiatives and informs stakeholders about the progress that was made in fulfilling the objectives.ETSII-UPM Social Responsibility ProjectThe School of Industrial Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales – ETSII), integrated together with other Schools of Engineering, into the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – UPM) in 1971, is a reference of Industrial Engineering education in Spain. Industrial Engineering Degree in Spain, can be configurated not only as a management intensification but in other different areas (Energy, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Material Science, Chemical, Environmental, etc.)Founded in 1845, ETSII offers Official bachelor and master degrees in Industrial Engineering and Chemical Engineering along with Master Degrees on 13 engineering fields (Energy, Electronics, Management, Environment, Innovation, Mechanical, Nuclear, etc.)With 4.500 students, 155 members of staff, 313 teachers and 789 R&D project researchers, ETSII is the only Public University Centre of Industrial Engineering whose degree is accredited by the US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and with a Social Responsibility Report verified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).The enforcement of a social responsibility strategy is motivated by the need to have ethical and professionally trained engineers aware of the implications of their activities and their responsibilities. Within the engineering field, is focused particularly on integrating social and environmental criteria as well as ethical and responsible management to the organizations in which engineers work.ETSII-UPM understands the Social Responsibility in the university as a « voluntary integration of social and environmental concerns in its operations as well as in the relationships with its partners. »Trying to achieve this objective, social responsibility is integrated with the four areas of the university: Teaching, Research, Management and University Extension.The project is based in the participation of stakeholders and the transparency. Thus, different channels were enabled to allow stakeholders to participate in the project by selecting the improvement areas to work on and the consequent actions to be done. The accountability is done by a social responsibility report that serves as a communication tool, as it explains the different initiatives and informs stakeholders about the progress that was made in fulfilling the objectives.