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FDC: The 12th best business school in the world according to the Financial Times newspaper executive education ranking.

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Among the Top 10 schools in the world according to the Financial Times Executive Education Rankings 2024

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Fundação Dom Cabral: for more than four decades making history.

FDC - Fundação Dom Cabral is a Brazilian Business School that links management theory with practice, academic training with business expertise, and sustainability with client projects.

For more than 48 years, FDC has been developing executives, public and private managers and entrepreneurs from organizations across the globe. The Business School provides domestic and international educational solutions that focus on an innovative business thinking and are supported by strategic alliances and cooperation agreements with renowned institutions globally.

FDC’s philosophy – to work with clients, not simply for them – respects the culture of organizations, the specific needs of diverse industries and market dynamics. The business School has become a global benchmark, hosting about 37,000 participants in its Programs each year, creating value for organizations and society and promoting sustainable business ventures.

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Antonio Batista da Silva Junior - Dean Fundação Dom Cabral is a Brazilian business school that operates internationally at the highest level. FDC contributes to the sustainable development of society by educating, developing and expanding the skills of executives, entrepreneurs and public-sector managers.

For the past 40 years, FDC has melded academic knowledge and management expertise, working with organizations, not simply for them. FDC’s joint educational solutions respect each organization’s culture, industry segment and market dynamics.

FDC believes in the power of education as a fundamental tool to lead change. Knowledge opens doors to a more-prosperous business environment and a better world. That’s why FDC invests in knowledge generation through management research and differentiated learning strategies. The business school’s return on investment is an innovative spectrum of domestic and international programs for professionals.

FDC mainstreams sustainability in all its projects through constant dialogue and committed listening with its stakeholders. In addition, strategic alliances with renowned institutions enable FDC to offer its participants access to cutting-edge business topics.

FDC is internationally recognized for its excellence. Since 2005, the Financial Times’ Executive Education Ranking has placed FDC among the world’s best business schools.

Welcome to FDC!

Antonio Batista da Silva Junior
Dean

Institutional Support:

Mission

To contribute to sustainable and inclusive prosperity of society by inspiring individuals and organizations through education and knowledge creation.

Fields of activity:

Executive Education: Providing training and leadership development for professionals in private and public sector organizations—both nationally and internationally—to address current and future challenges, towards performance and progress.
Academic Education: Training responsible leaders to tackle society's most pressing challenges, from undergraduate to postdoctoral levels.
Social Education: Supporting young people in vulnerable situations, third sectors organizations, and low-income entrepreneurs seeking to create opportunities, foster social inclusion, and help eradicate poverty.
Knowledge Creation: Conducting research and studies applied to business and global challenges: cultural, technological, social, environmental and economic.
Community Building: Fostering an ecosystem of collaboration among individuals and organizations across different sectors to build a future of shared prosperity and inclusion.

Principles

Usefulness: Committed to being a driving force for a prosperous and inclusive society, which is Fundação Dom Cabral's raison d'être, ensuring effectiveness and value creation for individuals, organizations, and society.
Partnership: Strengthening partnerships between Fundação Dom Cabral, individuals, and organizations joining forces to achieve common goals and overcome challenges.
Valuing People: Fostering a culture of genuine support that leads to the joint construction of knowledge and expertise, a process in which everyone contributes and is included.
Autonomy: Acknowledging that merit and the freedom to choose, when exercised with responsibility, cultivate a sense of belonging within one's sphere of action while upholding the institution's principles.
Daring and Tenacity: Encouraging individuals to embrace challenges with ambition and determination, pursuing the shared vision of of making Fundação Dom Cabral an institution of national and international reference
Excellence and Innovation: Continuously innovating to deliver outstanding benefits and results for clients and society, maintaining a standard of excellence and relevance.
Ethics and Integrity: Cultivating trust, transparency, and fairness with its stakeholders, ensuring compliance with legal and social norms, and fostering lasting relationships.
Independence: Cultivating intellectual, political, and financial independence to safeguard the freedom to fulfill our mission.

Facilities

FDC Covenant

The FDC Covenant was prepared for the first time in 2006 and it expresses the institution’s commitment to ethics in its relations with all its stakeholders. It offers guidelines to build harmonious relations both internally and externally..

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letter of socialisation: fdc's code of ethics

First issued in 2006, FDC's Letter of Socialisation expresses the institution's commitment to transparency and ethics in the relationship with its different publics. It offers guidelines for the construction of harmonious relationships within and outside FDC.

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ethics channel

For the purpose of expressing the principles that govern the institution, FDC implemented an outsourced and independent Ethics Channel, thus guaranteeing the confidentiality of users. The channel may be used to submit reports on ethical violations and misconducts, to offer suggestions related to conducts and the practice of ethics, and to clear up doubts about guiding documents, such as the Letter of Socialisation, and internal policies.

The Channel may be accessed via either the website https://www.contatoseguro.com.br/en/fdc or the Contato Seguro application.

Statute

Extract of the Statute of the Fundação Dom Cabral, on March 19, 2018.

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