Our Core Values

Our vision of a unified community

César Ritz Colleges Switzerland  aspires to the highest standards of engagement with its community, students and staff alike, to create a “unified community”.

Our vision and actions place significant emphasis on creating an academic community that represents the social and intellectual diversity of the world. César Ritz Colleges vision is to deliver premium education and equip students with the necessary skills to succeed and lead in their future career in the hospitality industry and beyond while being fully aware of the opportunities of diversity.

What diversity means to us

Diversity is the policy of developing a community through inclusive practices that enables and incorporate people from a wide range of backgrounds, experience and identities to become active participants.

What Inclusion means to us

To us, inclusion is the creation of a respectful and safe environment, where staff and students with a wide range of experiences and identities can authentically represent themselves, characterized by a sense of belonging to a community which promotes open-ness, acceptance and empathy. Inclusion goes beyond “fitting-in mindset” which require our stakeholders to correspond in our environment. We advocate a ‘belonging approach’, we are working and  trusting that our environment will naturally come to fit everyone in their specificities.

Our Objectives for Diversity and Inclusion

As a higher educational institution our goal is to have a dynamic and structured approach to value Inclusion and Diversity. The benefits will be for students and staff alike so that they feel their ideas are welcomed and valued within the community. We work to leave a meaningful legacy in the world of education.

Where every type of learner belongs

César Ritz Colleges is proud of its unified community that represents the social and intellectual diversity of the world. Our legacy is an environment where everyone will naturally come to find their way to successfully study and work with their personality and specificities in learning and being. We support students to discuss their learning needs so that they can grow to their full potential. We value the diversity in cognition for what it is, an true value for the community.

CRCS Dress Code

In an effort to assure that all students feel equally considered in César Ritz Colleges’ culture, we created a new dress code that is much more inclusive and gender- neutral than in the past. Download our dress code. 

Code of Ethics

With over 50 nationalities on our campuses, we create an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. We continuously strive to build a culture of care, sincerity, and teamwork reflected by our Code of Ethics. We want César Ritz Colleges to be an inclusive place to study and we welcome our students to share their differences.

Since our studies are within the framework of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry, CRCS also follows the precepts and articles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism from the UNWTO. All our classes, activities, and even our own Code of Ethics, have been designed taking into account the 10 articles of this global framework, and shared with our students, staff, and management.

Lead with Purpose

Equine Education

The Equine Leadership Workshop, a new leadership training offered to final -term students at CRCS. According to management training expert Sarah Krasker, who leads the workshops not only for CRCS senior students but for executive training programs in multinational corporations and international organisations around the world, the goal of equine-assisted learning is to facilitate emotional intelligence and related skills, competences, and behaviors. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions, while also recognizing and influencing positively the emotions of those you work with.

Leadership Pillar Program

Our school partners with Harvard Business Publishing Education, part of one of the top universities in the world, to enrich this offering unique among hospitality and tourism schools and equip our students with essential skills to succeed in the global workforce. 

The Leadership Pillar Program focuses on three core learning components: Self-Awareness, Goal Setting, and Leadership Development. The program motivates students to develop their leadership vision through social and personal relationships and contexts as they progress through their studies. While the Self-Awareness component reveals personal traits for leadership development and awareness for balance in life, Goal Setting delves into topics and activities to create personal and professional focus and purpose. The Leadership Development component explores leadership concepts and competencies. 

Each program encounter may include a one-hour workshop on a selected topic or a one-on-one discussion between the mentor and student. In terms one and two, students have compulsory introductory sessions where they are challenged to develop self-awareness and goal setting skills. In terms three to eight, the LPP is in partnership with Harvard Business Publishing Education, and participation is voluntary for our students. Each term, students have a leadership topic course to complete with in the program. 

The Harvard Business Publishing Education outcomes are: 

1. Learning how to become an effective and inspiring leader by first defining your purpose and values and then creating the conditions for others to succeed. 

2. Learning to navigate change and turn uncertainty into opportunity that benefits you, your team, and your organization. 
3. Discovering how to add value by thinking big, challenging your assumptions, and identifying threats and opportunities. 

 

At the end of the six voluntary courses, students who successfully complete the requirements of the Harvard Leadership Bundle are awarded a Leadership Certificate and social media badge from Harvard Business Publishing Education. Students demonstrating exceptional commitment and outstanding leadership initiatives throughout the program are awarded the Leadership Excellence Award from César Ritz Colleges Switzerland. 

Coaching

Our Leadership Pillar Program assesses your innate leadership style through personal coaches who talk with you and administer various personality tests. They then meet with you multiple times in one-on-one sessions to help you define your purpose and vision, identifying your personal leadership strengths and areas for development. In the program, you will discover what uniquely sets you apart from your peers. Our experienced coaches have the right mix of hard and soft skills, and are ready to provide reflection, guidance, and feedback, and to motivate you to move to the next step. 

This program has unlocked the leadership potential of countless students by providing them with tools, mentorship, and creative options to pursue their careers and become change-makers in the hospitality and tourism community. Not only do faculty and staff engage in the program, but students engage in vital topics with successful business leaders, receiving first-hand insights from a variety of different experts in the hospitality and tourism industry.