Practically re-imagining business education for sustainability

2025/05/09 by Valentina Carbone, Lucy McCarthy, Anne Touboulic · 1 voice
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Ethics in Business and Education #Management and Organizational Studies #Sustainability in Higher Education

paper · doi:10.1016/j.emj.2025.04.015

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Abstract

In this reflection piece, we discuss the urgency of transforming business school education in the context of the climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse. We unpack prevailing problematic assumptions in business school education and propose a reflexive framework for business educators based on the heart, head, hand model of pedagogy. We embed this discussion in considerations for place and context. Building on our personal journeys and experiences, we offer tangible examples of how the framework can be used to enable a re-imaging of business education.

Citations

• Dark Academia: Despair in the Neoliberal Business School

Discussions

• Practically re-imagining business education for sustainability; from problematic assumptions toward a reflective guide for business educators: proposal for a "Head, heart, and hands pedagogical model" [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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