Unlocking the potential of broad, horizontal curricular assessments for ethics, responsibility and sustainability in business and economics higher education

Stough, Talia; Ceulemans, Kim; Cappuyns, Valérie

doi:10.1080/02602938.2020.1772718

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“…These articles included mostly curricular assessments based on secondary data, such as web content (e.g. Wu et al, 2010;Hart et al, 2015;Stough et al, 2020) or assessments of various stakeholders' views based on primary data (e.g. Walck, 2009;Borg et al, 2012;Delgado et al, 2020).…”

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To shift a paradigm or not: worldviews at play in responsible management education literature

Stough

Ceulemans

Craps

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JMD

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PurposeThis study analyzes which worldviews on the interrelatedness of the economic, environmental and social systems are adopted in the literature on responsible management education (RME) and explores how this affects the way business schools educate future responsible managers.Design/methodology/approachThe sustainability-focused relational worldviews of Kurucz et al. (2014) were used to perform a content analysis on 100 articles from the field of RME to understand which worldviews are adopted and to distill potential implications of the prevalence of such worldviews in the RME field.FindingsIn the sample, the most adopted view was the intertwined view that imagines a balance between the economic, environmental, and social system (61% of the articles). The subsuming worldview (highlighting the business case for sustainability) accounted for 8% of articles in the sample. The embedded worldview (a new paradigm that respects the limitations of the environmental and social systems) accounted for 31% of the articles in the sample. The disparate view (representing classic economic views of discrete systems) was not adopted, indicating a rather uniform belief that RME is about moving management education away from this view. Examining the evolution of views over the last 20 years, it can be observed that the embedded view is growing in popularity. The continuing prevalence of the ambiguous and malleable intertwined view in the RME literature could explain why so many RME initiatives have been taken in the last two decades, while simultaneously critics remain vocal that business schools are not preparing future managers to engage with ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (ERS).Originality/valueWhile sustainability-focused relational worldviews have been introduced in the RME literature, this study provides empirical evidence of the prevalence of such worldviews in the literature, allowing an exploration of the implications for the field. The presence of multiple — and at times competing — worldviews adds tension to the field of RME. Seen on the trajectory of increasingly progressive worldviews, the intertwined view is not limited by economic rationalism (like the subsuming view) but also stops short of requiring a full paradigm shift (like the embedded view).

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“…, 2010; Hart et al. , 2015; Stough et al. , 2020) or assessments of various stakeholders' views based on primary data (e.g.…”

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To shift a paradigm or not: worldviews at play in responsible management education literature

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“…Using economic terms and tools, such as the externalities and the Kuznets curve, the environmental and social perspectives are integrated with economic growth and complement the core ethics, responsibility, and sustainability themes meeting the needs of a broad business higher education curriculum, as emphasized by Stough et al (2021). Despite the overall comprehensive content of the book, some topics need clarification to improve comprehension.…”

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Book Review: Foundations of Sustainable Business: Theory, Function, and Strategy

Gianni

2021

Front. Sustain.

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“…Development and implementation of integrated curriculum in management studies proceeds according to guidelines from accrediting bodies, national centers, and various business partners from industry and community (Kundu and Majumdar, 2020; Junevicius et al. , 2021; Stough et al. , 2021).…”

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Innovative design and delivery of the business capstone course

Fleming

Kowalsky

2022

IJEM

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PurposeThis article discusses the experiences of a university's business school in enhancing the preparation of undergraduates through the innovative design and delivery of Business Policy, the capstone course taken by all business students.Design/methodology/approachThe case discusses the proactive approaches taken to explicitly align efforts between thinking and doing, for both faculty course designers and student participants alike.FindingsTen strategic areas of innovation and improvement are identified and discussed as areas for individual course alignment as well as the impetus for college and university business program development and delivery.Practical implicationsThese innovations can be replicated by other institutions to enhance graduates' career preparation, pursue greater consistency with their organization's mission, develop external stakeholder engagement, and enhance internal collaboration with colleagues within the business school and across the university.Originality/valueThe unique value of this innovative and multifaceted approach was recognized by AACSB International, the elite accrediting agency for business schools, in several articles and at a conference on undergraduate program innovation.

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Unlocking the potential of broad, horizontal curricular assessments for ethics, responsibility and sustainability in business and economics higher education

Cited by 12 publications

References 26 publications

To shift a paradigm or not: worldviews at play in responsible management education literature

To shift a paradigm or not: worldviews at play in responsible management education literature

Book Review: Foundations of Sustainable Business: Theory, Function, and Strategy

Innovative design and delivery of the business capstone course

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