Through a conceptual analysis, this article elaborates the role the hidden curriculum in business schools in fragile states might play in initiating the implementation of responsible management education (RME). I start by elaborating the categories included within the hidden curriculum in business schools and then discuss the challenges of implementing RME. Moving forward by focusing on the theory of education and institutional theory, the author identifies that poor governance practices, the absence of democratic values and outdated formal curriculum, on the one hand, and the permanent accreditation from local authorities, on the other, challenge any attempt to implement responsible management education in fragile states.