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Business schools can be institutional leaders in reshaping regional and national economies in support of inclusive and environmentally-sensitive growth. But for this to happen, business school faculty and administrators need to take a long hard look at what is currently being taught and practiced and reflect on how it might curtail real or lasting institutional change. This book offers a refreshing mix of introspection and humility, illuminating options for on-going institutional reform—at once bold and actionable.’ -- Nichola Lowe, University of Minnesota, US
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‘Business Schools are very often teaching the sort of capitalism that is now creating climate change, inequality and populism. If we can't shut them down, then the least that could be done is to take their important responsibilities to our collective future seriously. This book is an important contribution to forcing them to do that.’ -- Martin Parker, University of Bristol Business School, UK
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword I: towards a responsible business school – challenges for teaching, research, and innovation xvi Ola Kvaløy Foreword II: it’s time to radically re-think the business school xix Carl Rhodes Introduction to Practicing Responsibility in Business Schools: Implications for Teaching, Research, and Innovation 1 Professor Bjørn Terje Asheim, Associate Professor Thomas Laudal, and Professor Reidar J. Mykletun PART I CRITICAL MANAGEMENT 1 How to ‘fix’ the bad capitalism: an analytical framework for purposeful action 18 Professor Bjørn Terje Asheim 2 Responsibility in academia: a cautionary note 44 Professor Jon P. Knudsen 3 Taking the lead on leadership: reimagining the responsible business school of the future 55 Rune Todnem By, Stewart Clegg, and Bernard Burnes 4 The leadership challenge of industrial sustainability: the case of Norway 77 Jan Erik Karlsen PART II CHALLENGES IN ORGANISATIONAL HRM 5 New insight regarding the ageing workforce: it is time to close this knowing-doing gap 108 Reidar J. Mykletun 6 Diversity on the blackboard: the nexus between teaching, diversity, and awareness 144 Marte C. W. Solheim and Sigrun M. Moss 7 Academic burnout: causes and consequences 163 Maria Therese Jensen and Espen Olsen PART III RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 8 An exploratory study of commitment to RME as demonstrated in mission statements and websites in selected US business schools 182 Antigoni Papadimitriou 9 Embedding responsible management education through missions, governance and accreditation processes: A case study 201 Lila Skountridaki and Fumi Kitagawa 10 Disruptive innovation in the higher education sector: the case of the One Planet MBA 213 John Bessant 11 Academics as teachers of business responsibility? Historians, philosophers, and the maturation of the young minds within Norwegian business schools 225 Knut Sogner PART IV SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES IN TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND INNOVATION 12 Ethics and sustainability in undergraduate Business Studies 238 John A. Hunnes and Torunn S. Olsen 13 Sustainability in the business school syllabus: mind the gap 260 Thomas Laudal 14 An introspective essay on the virtues of teaching environmental economics to business students 283 Gorm Kipperberg 15 Research-based innovation for sustainable development: the case of aquaculture 314 Matthew M. Coffay and Ragnar Tveterås Index
