What is it about?

The acceleration of environmental, economic, and social issues across the global marketplace has stimulated a variety of responses from many entities, including global companies and business schools, as they race to adapt to increasingly significant economic, demographic, and technological changes. Following these dynamic trends, several business schools have come to recognize the importance of implementing sustainability in different areas of business education. Sustainability has been taught in university education programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, but the application to business schools is a recent expansion. Case study methodology investigates the significance of incorporating sustainability concepts into business education in terms of (1) meeting overall educational goals, and (2) illustrating how implementation is an opportunity to reinforce adopted learning goals of business schools. Findings illuminate best practices and sustainable strategy initiatives in 20 business schools. We recommend an enhanced four-point strategy to integrate Education for Sustainable Development into business schools.

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Why is it important?

Business developers will need a foundation in sustainability in order to consider the environment and the community to create business ventures that promote health and welfare of the people and the community in which they build.

Perspectives

Higher education is only recently expanding their sustainability programs to business students. Those who have offer a great advantage to those who will eventually create the next level of business that innovate production methods to preserve communities and natural resources.

Ms. Beth A. Fiedler
University of Central Florida

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This page is a summary of: Sustainability education, not just STEM but the root of business, January 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819008-1.00006-7.
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