ABSTRACT

As the impact of climate change becomes more evident and dire, business leaders, educators, students, and academic leaders are deciding what they need to change and do to survive and thrive in a new and dramatically different environment. This book sets out how to transform business education and integrate sustainability practices into curriculum and a wider academic culture.

While some universities around the globe are still teaching business practices that have contributed to human and environmental crises, pioneering educators and higher education institutions are researching, developing, and implementing programs to transform business education and practices. With stories from 26 administrators, researchers, and faculty across the globe, this book inspires business educators with innovative tools and creative solutions to address challenges in the business world and society. These pioneers are helping students and business ventures change the way they conduct business to survive and thrive in a fast-changing global environment. Their unique and personal journeys offer tools, models, lessons-learned, and inspiration for change.

The book will both inspire and guide faculty members, administrators, students, and alumni to transform business education for a sustainable future.

chapter 1|14 pages

Seeing Shadows

Unveiling Assumptions Underlying Management Education

chapter 6|12 pages

Transforming Finance Education in Business Schools

A Finance Course Aligned with Sustainability

chapter 7|15 pages

Students Initiate Change

Design Thinking Challenges at the University of Graz

chapter 9|14 pages

Teaching Sustainability from Beneath the Surface

The Permeable Membrane between Business and Nature

chapter 10|11 pages

Teaching Sustainability across Borders

Looking Back to Look Ahead

chapter 12|13 pages

Back to School for the Planet Alumni Initiative

Lifelong Learning in Sustainability

chapter 16|13 pages

21st Century Leadership Practice

Building Reflection into Sustainable Purpose