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Educating for Sustainability-as-Flourishing

In: Clean, Green and Responsible?

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  • Peter McGhee

    (Faculty of Business, Economics & Law, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Patricia Grant

    (Faculty of Business, Economics & Law, Auckland University of Technology)

Abstract

Business schools are increasingly educating for sustainability, partially in response to the world’s current social and environmental predicament, and partially as a consequence of recognising the significant role business plays in contributing to this perilous state. Much of this education though, is grounded in a ‘business as usual approach’ that views sustainability as a means of improving the bottom line while minimising unsustainability. This chapter describes an undergraduate course for business students that uses sustainability-as-flourishing as a framework for transformational change in student mindsets regarding the foundational structures of society. This aspirational approach goes beyond teaching the status quo to cultivate students as self-actualised individuals who desire a flourishing natural, social and economic system.

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  • Peter McGhee & Patricia Grant, 2019. "Educating for Sustainability-as-Flourishing," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Gabriel Eweje & Ralph J. Bathurst (ed.), Clean, Green and Responsible?, chapter 0, pages 47-64, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-030-21436-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21436-4_4
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