Teaching Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics at Economic Programs

Abstract

The pandemic is seen as an opportunity to further advance in business ethics. Prof. Freeman called academics to contribute to developing more ethical business models. Businesses have been revising their missions towards more ethical business models as the pandemic has changed attitudes to life. Society expects that companies will serve human beings rather than solely maximization of profit to their stakeholders. This research is motivated by analyzing the importance of teaching business ethics. This research has looked into the directions of business education in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics. The article intends to highlight the potential of CSR education in overcoming the pandemic crisis and increasing the wellbeing of society. This desk research underlines the standpoint of universities whether they should teach business ethics or CSR at the business faculties, and analyzes the educational programs of the business faculties to find out their attitude towards teaching of CSR/ethics.

Economic Growth through the Lenses of Education, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

“…These divergences were mainly driven because of differences in the type of data used. In recent years, more and more studies have focused on the impact that universities have on promoting the principles of sustainable development both through the transmission of knowledge and the formation of specific competencies among students and through the power of example, by initiating various CSR programs that seek to protect the environment, the development of local communities, and the fight against corruption (Matei 2013;Panait et al 2016;Blessinger et al 2018;Sengupta et al 2020;Gigauri et al 2021).…”

Exploring the relationship between the urbanization, higher education and female labor force with sustainable development

“…In addition, sustainability as a professional field requires sustainability-focused education that can promote the awareness of professionals and prepares future decision-makers with the knowledge of sustainability. Universities play a very important role in promoting the principles of sustainable development given their role as trainers for students from economic and social profiles (for which disciplines such as sustainable development or CSR are mandatory) and from other specializations by promoting optional or facultative courses (Salovaara and Soini, 2021; Gigauri et al ., 2021). The students' participation in sustainability programs enhances their leadership qualities in environmental sustainability as such programs influence their awareness and therefore, their attitudes and behavior (Ordaz et al ., 2021).…”

Exploring The Nexus Between Financial Inclusion, Poverty, Digitalization And Sustainable Development Goal

“…The Covid-19 pandemic speeded up the digital transformation, new financial technologies -Fintech, and digital financial services (Boedu et al, 2021). Contactless payment in Fintech helps prevent the spread of the virus and therefore, people globally began using digital financial services to avoid physical contact (Abu Dagar et al, 2021;Gigauri et al, 2021). Consequently, people"s attitude and behavior towards digital financial services changed in favor of FinTech (Abu Dagar et al, 2021).…”

“…Since the interest towards sustainability, corporate responsibility, and stakeholder capitalism is growing (Andrei et al, 2018;Foroudi et al, 2021;Gigauri, 2021;Gigauri et al, 2021;Palazzo et al, 2022;Panait et al, 2021;Puime et al, 2022), especially after the uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated the digital economy and the digital transformation, businesses need to respond to current challenges and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals. In fact, the global economy evolves towards digital technologies while sustainability has become an integral part of the business sector (Foroudi et al, 2021).…”