Student Leadership in Sustainable Development in a Private University in the UAE—A Case Study

O’Sullivan, Kathy

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47868-5_13

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“…As presented in Figure 8, it is possible to observe a wide gap in the participant's knowledge of SDGs, ecological footprint and the UN PRME in comparison with other topics. Their lack of knowledge prevents them from inserting sustainability into the institution's mission statement, as reported by O'Sullivan (2017). The data suggest that, as the professionals move forward in the decision-making chain, their knowledge about the Global Compact increases.…”

Section: Results and Analysesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Including SDGs in the education of globally responsible leaders

Filho¹,

Hino²,

Beuter³

2019

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Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the role of education in developing a new mindset for sustainability leadership by analyzing a project of a Brazilian business school that implemented a sustainability training module regarding the UN 2030 Agenda. Considering the purpose of signatory school of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, this analysis reflects on the student capacities to become sustainable future value generators for business and society in general. Design/methodology/approach This study is characterized as a quantitative research whose strategy is the investigation between variables to understand the learning evolution of the study participants in each of the topics addressed in the training module. The research has a positivist approach that explores data using statistical methods to detect possible behavior patterns in the analyzed data volume, based on secondary data sourced from the questionnaire that validated student knowledge at the beginning and end of the class. Findings The data show a considerable impact of education in developing a new mindset for sustainability leadership as there is a big variation students’ average knowledge of the themes that made up the sustainability mindset suggesting that the students’ exposure to the content in the school environment helps increase their knowledge. Originality/value This paper fulfills the need to understand the effectiveness of the creation of specific modules of sustainability for students from different areas of activity.

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Section: Results and Analysesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Including SDGs in the education of globally responsible leaders

Filho¹,

Hino²,

Beuter³

2019

IJSHE

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“…Educational projects that have assimilated these initiatives as a reference have reported progress in developing a new sustainable leadership mindset, although for the time being the evidence is based primarily on case studies conducted in private business schools (e.g., Arruda Filho et al, 2019;O'Sullivan, 2017). Along these lines, Arruda Filho et al (2019) analyzed the effects of an educational project implemented in a Brazilian business school addressing sustainable development and globally responsible leadership, among others.…”

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confidence: 99%