Business sustainability and undergraduate management education: an Australian study |
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Authors: | Josie Fisher and Ingrid Bonn |
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Institution: | (1) School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia;(2) School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia |
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Abstract: | The academic literature arguing that there is an urgent requirement for businesses to become more sustainable is rapidly expanding.
There is also a demonstrated need for managers to develop a better understanding of sustainability and the appropriate strategies
required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there have been international calls for educators to address sustainability
in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which business sustainability was incorporated into
undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities. The high percentage of international students enrolled
in these courses suggests our findings have implications beyond the Australian context. Students currently studying these
courses are the managers and leaders of the future and their knowledge and skills will influence the extent to which business
sustainability will be achieved. The findings demonstrate that more than half of Australian universities did not explicitly
identify sustainability as part of their business/management curricula and those universities that did address sustainability
did so, in most cases, only in a limited way. |
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