The impact of higher education on students' and young managers' perception of companies and CSR: an exploratory analysis

Sobczak, André; Debucquet, Gervaise; Havard, Christelle

doi:10.1108/14720700610689577

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“…Thus, we can state that a higher level of education is a key factor that supports CSR development in practice. Other studies [22] support our conclusion that CSR-educated individuals have a better attitude toward CSR and that CSR education can have multiple implications on curriculum developing, public policies implications and for employing multinational companies [20]. Even in the case of educational institutions that develop and teach CSR-related management tools, there is still a need to integrate CSR into the organisational culture [20].…”

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confidence: 66%

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Perceptions of Future Employees toward CSR Environmental Practices in Tourism

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Abstract:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in tourism, with its central evironmental dimension, represents an important component for the sustainable growth of the tourism industry. The related CSR education could prove a major factor for future professional performance in this field of activity. Thus, this article is aimed at identifying the perceptions of current business students about CSR (students from study programs dedicated to business administration in tourism) and the importance they attribute to CSR environmental practices, mainly from their perspective as future employees in the tourism industry. We elaborated a research methodology based on the Ecolabelling principles, designed by the European Union in 2009. Our findings revealed that business tourism students assign more importance to several specific CSR environmental practices and that the importance of these CSR practices is statistically significant (we determined this significance by using the Friedman, Paired-Samples t-, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and Bartlett sphericity statistical tests). The elaborated research methodology proved to be statistically highly reliable. Results also show the differences regarding the CSR practices preferred by various categories of students according to their study levels and gender. Our results pointed out that our third-year bachelor students showed a higher interest in CSR practices related to their professional training, while students from the master level degree attached more importance to CSR practices related to the environment. We also confirmed conclusions of previous studies that female respondents attach more importance to environmental issues than male respondents. Thus, we can state that a higher level of education is a key factor that supports CSR development in practice. Also, a significant conclusion of our research is related to the academic curricula for business faculties which must incorporate solid CSR and business ethics-dedicated courses and offer the needed support for the development of thematic projects about CSR Environmental practices in hotels.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Sobczak, Debucquet and Havard [20] in an exploratory study examined the impact of the French educational system on the CSR-related perceptions of students and young managers (alumni). The authors underlined that there is a need for higher education institutions to integrate CSR into their culture.…”

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“…The findings are more accurate than those obtained by other researchers who focused on a single higher education course (Rama et al, 2000;Sobczak et al, 2006;Wang & Juslin, 2011, 2012, more specifically bachelor of accounting, with findings extended to the whole area of business management. That procedure has been strongly criticized.…”

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“…Although research on the relationship between social demographics and value structures can be found in the literature (Wang & Juslin, 2012), few studies have empirically analyzed the influence of the framework of human values on the perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of higher education (Rama, Ravenscroft, Wolcott, & Zlotkowski, 2000;Sobczak, Debucquet, & Havard, 2006;Weber, Weber, Sleeper, & Schneider, 2004;Weber & Glyptis, 2000;Wong, Long, & Elankumaran, 2010). Despite the scarcity of studies, consumer perception of CSR can be an important determinant of the success of CSR practices in any organization.…”

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Relation Between Background Variables, Values and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Consumer perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be directly influenced by individual value structures. This research aims to provide new knowledge regarding the relationship between basic human values and the public's perception of CSR. It focuses on the values of higher education students and their views regarding a particular corporate social initiative. The study reveals that social, educational, and economic circumstances influence human values. Those values in turn influence why different students perceive CSR differently. These findings are relevant to companies as they provide a more detailed understanding of why certain consumer groups perceive certain CSR initiatives the way that they do. They also suggest that universities should increase their awareness of the importance of integrating human values and CSR in the curricula of future business managers and social leaders. KEYWORDS RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV/EAESP

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“…The fact whether the issue of the social aspect of conducting the business will function at a management level depends on the perception of its importance. Therefore, a natural consequence seems to be to introduce the courses dealing with corporate social responsibility into teaching programs at universities (Sobczak et al 2006). This issue is an argument for discussion for many researchers (MacVaugh, Norton 2012;Stubbs 2013;Savelyeva, McKenna 2011).…”

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CSR education in the light of active pedagogy. Research results

Rudnicka¹,

Reichel²

2015

Creativity and Innovation in Business and Education

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The presence in the public debate of the issues related to corporate social responsibility means that the increasing attention is drawn to how it is taught. This mainly concerns the methods used to explain the essence of the issue. Proper understanding of corporate social responsibility requires from the learners understanding not only of the mechanisms governing the market as is the case with other management concepts, but also a reference to own moral judgments and the ability to predict the consequences of actions. One way to get to the root of the problem and allow students to go through the process of learning in an innovative way is to use methods of active pedagogy and simulation through games that are in its framework.The purpose of this article is to present the results of research on the perception of the business game as a method of supporting the teaching process of social responsibility. The research was carried out on a group of students of logistics among the participants of the authorial course on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain.

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The impact of higher education on students' and young managers' perception of companies and CSR: an exploratory analysis

Cited by 64 publications

References 6 publications

Perceptions of Future Employees toward CSR Environmental Practices in Tourism

Perceptions of Future Employees toward CSR Environmental Practices in Tourism

Relation Between Background Variables, Values and Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR education in the light of active pedagogy. Research results

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