Transforming Business Education For Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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James Af Stoner | (Stoner@fordham.edu)
Fordham University United States
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Linda Irwin | (lirwin@seecommgroup.com)
See Comm Group United States
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James Weichert | (jamesweichert@rcn.com)
globalmovementinitiative.org United States
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Robert Sroufe | (R.Sroufe@chatham.edu)
Chatham University United States
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John Lindholm | (jlindholm@wpi.edu)
Worchester Polytechnic Institute U.S. Outlying Islands
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Joan Weiner | (weiner.joan523@gmail.com)
Drexel University United States
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Keywords: Ethics, Transformation, Sustainability

Abstract: This PDW explores how we can urgently change our business schools’ teaching, researching, and positive activism to be fully aligned with the need for a sustainable/flourishing/regenerating/poverty-alleviating world through two examples. The first comes from a recently published book of 26 business education pioneers who have made changes in curriculum and courses. The second example shows how Woxsen University is pursuing a bold initiative of prototyping and implementing programs aligned with the need for a sustainable world. Using these examples, participants will work in breakout groups to develop ideas they can use to transform what they teach and research.