A1 Journal article (refereed)
How they walk the talk : Responsible management education in Finnish business schools (2022)

Aaltonen, V., & Siltaoja, M. (2022). How they walk the talk : Responsible management education in Finnish business schools. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 31(4), 1117-1135. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12456

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Publication details

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

Journal or series: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility

ISSN: 2694-6416

eISSN: 2694-6424

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 08/07/2022

Volume: 31

Issue number: 4

Pages range: 1117-1135

Publisher: Wiley

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12456

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82377

Abstract

Responsible management education (RME) has become a common initiative in the educational discourse of business schools worldwide. However, little is known about how (non-)engagement with RME in the past influenced the way RME is organised today. We examine this in one of the pioneering countries of RME, Finland, using extensive qualitative research materials. Our results suggest that RME has been embedded with authenticity-driven change (local context and research) since the 1990s. In the late 2000s after the legal educational reforms implemented in Finland, the prestige-driven change (accreditations) began to shape the embedding of RME. In the 2020s, both the authenticity- and prestige-driven changes with vertical and horizontal RME, respectively, often appear as hybrids. This article discusses both the weaknesses and strengths of these approaches in embedding RME.

Keywords: leadership (activity); education and training; schools of economics and business administration; responsibility (properties); accreditation; qualitative research

Free keywords: accreditation; authenticity; Nordic country; qualitative study; responsible management education; sustainability

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 1