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How They Walk the Talk? Sustainability Education in Finnish Business Schools (2022)

Aaltonen, V., & Siltaoja, M. (2022). How They Walk the Talk? Sustainability Education in Finnish Business Schools. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings , 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.10648abstract

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All authors or editors: Aaltonen, Valtteri; Siltaoja, Marjo

Journal or series: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings

ISSN: 0065-0668

eISSN: 2151-6561

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 06/07/2022

Volume: 2022

Issue number: 1

Publisher: Academy of Management

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.10648abstract

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Abstract

There has recently emerged a growing requirement for embedding sustainability in the field of business school education. However, in literature the assessment of such developments tends to take place in single university context, placing less weight on examining sustainability in business school education in the context of one country. We examine sustainability in Finnish business schools and its vertical and horizontal embeddedness in educational curricula using extensive qualitative materials from school representatives and schools’ curricula. Our findings acknowledge conditions and drivers that have influenced the chosen approach to sustainability among schools. Our study then discusses the weaknesses and strengths of both vertical and horizontal orientation for the development of sustainability education in business schools.

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable consumption; education and training; training programmes; curricula; schools of economics and business administration; development (active)

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