Cross-Disciplinary Ethics Education in MBA Programs: Rhetoric or Reality?

Rasche, Andreas; Gilbert, Dirk Ulrich; Schedel, Ingo

doi:10.5465/amle.2011.0016a

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“…These results would support the statement that CSR integration into MBAs (i.e., into the education of future business administration professionals), is marginal and almost entirely nonexistent (statistically it exists but, practically speaking, it is negligible at best), i.e., it supports our second hypothesis (H2) that expresses the lack of integration of CSR into professional business and management training. The results support the statement of Rasche et al [65], who argue that the introduction of CSR into management programs was merely an ad hoc reaction to meeting the needs of society after the global financial crisis of 2008 without any substantial changes to management programs themselves. Even in the case of MBAs delivered by higher education institutions in North America, which has the largest number of elective CSR courses, the highest probability is that zero elective CSR courses will be chosen by an individual student.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…While researchers from Western countries sometimes show the ongoing withdrawal of enterprises from the very idea of CSR and present themselves to stakeholders by imitating CSR as one of the marketing tools [3][4][5][6], or even lobbying [7] (pp. [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67], it is becoming a clear trend in post-Soviet countries. Therefore, attention is paid to the fact that the implementation of CSR should be oriented not towards charity, marketing, and public relations, but should first and foremost be understood as social responsibility towards stakeholders [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Training the CSR Sensitive Mind-Set: The Integration of CSR into the Training of Business Administration Professionals

Stonkutė¹,

Vveinhardt

Sroka

2018

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Current corporations are subject to stringent requirements in terms of sustainable development; however, a relevant problem is highlighted on the basis of the studies conducted. On the one hand, corporations experience greater or lesser pressure, while on the other hand, it must be admitted that the problem of demand for professionals, which is presupposed by the insufficient quality of training in higher education institutions, is important. This is somewhat strange given that the issues of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability have attracted increased attention in management education in recent years, and a five-fold increase in the number of stand-alone ethics courses has been noted since 1988. This interaction could contribute to the development of CSR, however a certain dissonance of cooperation between higher education and business exists, as there is a lack of leadership in this area in the study programs of business administration approved by the states, as well as in higher education institutions. Given these facts, the goal of the paper is to analyze the Master of Business Administration programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to offer direction to the challenge of integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) into management and training. The method of analysis of professional business and administration training program content in terms of the integration of CSR was used during the survey. Using panel data of 28 full-time MBA programs, our findings show that that the core parts of MBAs under analysis merely-and mostly indirectly-cover CSR issues through one core course on business ethics. However, the leading MBA programs are currently missing an opportunity by ignoring their responsibility to support the training of CSR-minded future business administration professionals. The results of our research may act as a guide to which areas should be modified and/or changed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Training the CSR Sensitive Mind-Set: The Integration of CSR into the Training of Business Administration Professionals

Stonkutė¹,

Vveinhardt

Sroka

2018

Sustainability

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“…In fact, the majority of faculty members confirm the peripheral status of ethical, social, governance and environmental (ESGE) issues of organisations within management education (Hommel et al, 2012). Despite some acknowledgement of the importance of incorporating sustainability issues within the mainstream curriculum, there seem to be real barriers to the integration of these issues in core management disciplines (Rasche et al, 2013). The prolonged economic crisis, public criticism of business schools and challenges to business school managers' leadership are viewed by Muff et al (2013) as key obstacles to implementing change in business schools.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Curriculum: Integrating Sustainability into Business Schools

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“…Bu durum, etiğin disiplinler arası özelliğini açıkça ortaya koymaktadır (Rasche, Gilbert & Schedel, 2013). Küreselleşmenin etkilerinin, etik sorunları da beraberinde getirmesi kaçınılmazdır (Crane & Matten, 2007;Poór ve ark., 2015).…”

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“…Studies on ethics in Turkey were also indicated to vary in terms of the universities and departments where they were conducted; this clearly reveals the interdisciplinary characteristic of ethics (Rasche, Gilbert, & Schedel, 2013). The effects of globalization bring together some ethical problems (Crane & Matten, 2007;Poór et al, 2015).…”

Section: Investigating Dissertations and Theses On Ethics In Thementioning

confidence: 99%