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Publication Date: 2009
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Integrating Sustainability into Management Education: A Dean's Perspective
Walck, Christa
Journal of Management Education, v33 n3 p384-390 2009
The integration of sustainability and environmental ethics into management education has improved in the past decade. This is partly a response to external pressure, as societal concerns about sustainability grow and businesses have made greater efforts to green their processes and products. But it is also a response to internal pressure from faculty who have focused their research on the intersection of business and the natural environment. Academic administrators such as deans can encourage this integration in a number of ways, even if business school accreditors such as AACSB lag in their commitment to sustainability education.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Physical Environment, Ethics, Sustainable Development, Business Administration Education, College Faculty, College Administration, Administrator Role, Deans, Curriculum Development, Business Administration
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