Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Sónia Ferreira
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Jorge, Susana, Eugénio, Teresa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/83330
Resumo: Purpose This paper aims to analyze the current state of integration of sustainable development (SD), in the academic curricula of Business Sciences degrees, including matters about Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. In this way, the paper explores how Portuguese public higher education institutions (HEI) contribute to teaching about sustainable development (TSD). Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on Business Sciences degrees. The webpages of all public HEI with BSc and MSc degrees in those areas in Portugal were analyzed, to obtain curricular plans and syllabus. Content analysis was performed on each of these elements of Accounting and Taxation and Management and Business Administration courses. Findings There is already some concern about addressing SD in Business Sciences, inasmuch as SD-related topics are taught in Accounting and Taxation and in Management and Business Administration degrees and courses. However, the analysis shows that TSD was integrated into the academic curricula in only 95 degrees (48.5%). Additionally, in these, there are only 79 compulsory curricular units that address this theme. Given the fact that the subject of SD is increasingly relevant, the paper evidence still much room for improvement, indicating that TSD is yet a big challenge for HEI. Originality/value TSD is increasingly important because of the growing globalization that requires skilled professionals able to assess the complex and controversial issues related to the topic, to achieve and implement the SD goals in 2030. The literature evidence lack of studies addressing the integration of the SD theme in academic curricula. This paper makes here a contribution by showing what HEI is teaching in the area of business studies. It also brings good implications for society, while showing that sustainability content is becoming more apparent within certain HEI courses. This could be used to create follow up research on what type of sustainability content is being included within the courses and the learning that is happening in students in regard to this sustainability content.
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spelling Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from PortugalSustainable developmentTeachingEducationHEIAcademic curriculaBusiness sciencesPortugalCiências Sociais::Economia e GestãoSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyPurpose This paper aims to analyze the current state of integration of sustainable development (SD), in the academic curricula of Business Sciences degrees, including matters about Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. In this way, the paper explores how Portuguese public higher education institutions (HEI) contribute to teaching about sustainable development (TSD). Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on Business Sciences degrees. The webpages of all public HEI with BSc and MSc degrees in those areas in Portugal were analyzed, to obtain curricular plans and syllabus. Content analysis was performed on each of these elements of Accounting and Taxation and Management and Business Administration courses. Findings There is already some concern about addressing SD in Business Sciences, inasmuch as SD-related topics are taught in Accounting and Taxation and in Management and Business Administration degrees and courses. However, the analysis shows that TSD was integrated into the academic curricula in only 95 degrees (48.5%). Additionally, in these, there are only 79 compulsory curricular units that address this theme. Given the fact that the subject of SD is increasingly relevant, the paper evidence still much room for improvement, indicating that TSD is yet a big challenge for HEI. Originality/value TSD is increasingly important because of the growing globalization that requires skilled professionals able to assess the complex and controversial issues related to the topic, to achieve and implement the SD goals in 2030. The literature evidence lack of studies addressing the integration of the SD theme in academic curricula. This paper makes here a contribution by showing what HEI is teaching in the area of business studies. It also brings good implications for society, while showing that sustainability content is becoming more apparent within certain HEI courses. This could be used to create follow up research on what type of sustainability content is being included within the courses and the learning that is happening in students in regard to this sustainability content.This study was conducted at the Research Center in Political Science (UIDB/CPO/00758/2020), University of Minho/University of Evora and at the Center of Applied Research in Management and Economics (CARME) (UIDB/04928/2020), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science through national funds.Emerald Group Publishing LimitedUniversidade do MinhoGomes, Sónia FerreiraJorge, SusanaEugénio, Teresa20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/83330engGomes, S. F., Jorge, S., & Eugénio, T. (2020, October 15). Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. Emerald. http://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-10-2019-03652040-802110.1108/SAMPJ-10-2019-0365info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:56:41Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/83330Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:46:19.354700Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
spellingShingle Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
Gomes, Sónia Ferreira
Sustainable development
Teaching
Education
HEI
Academic curricula
Business sciences
Portugal
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
title_short Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
title_full Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
title_fullStr Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
title_sort Teaching sustainable development in business sciences degrees: evidence from Portugal
author Gomes, Sónia Ferreira
author_facet Gomes, Sónia Ferreira
Jorge, Susana
Eugénio, Teresa
author_role author
author2 Jorge, Susana
Eugénio, Teresa
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gomes, Sónia Ferreira
Jorge, Susana
Eugénio, Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sustainable development
Teaching
Education
HEI
Academic curricula
Business sciences
Portugal
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
topic Sustainable development
Teaching
Education
HEI
Academic curricula
Business sciences
Portugal
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
description Purpose This paper aims to analyze the current state of integration of sustainable development (SD), in the academic curricula of Business Sciences degrees, including matters about Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. In this way, the paper explores how Portuguese public higher education institutions (HEI) contribute to teaching about sustainable development (TSD). Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on Business Sciences degrees. The webpages of all public HEI with BSc and MSc degrees in those areas in Portugal were analyzed, to obtain curricular plans and syllabus. Content analysis was performed on each of these elements of Accounting and Taxation and Management and Business Administration courses. Findings There is already some concern about addressing SD in Business Sciences, inasmuch as SD-related topics are taught in Accounting and Taxation and in Management and Business Administration degrees and courses. However, the analysis shows that TSD was integrated into the academic curricula in only 95 degrees (48.5%). Additionally, in these, there are only 79 compulsory curricular units that address this theme. Given the fact that the subject of SD is increasingly relevant, the paper evidence still much room for improvement, indicating that TSD is yet a big challenge for HEI. Originality/value TSD is increasingly important because of the growing globalization that requires skilled professionals able to assess the complex and controversial issues related to the topic, to achieve and implement the SD goals in 2030. The literature evidence lack of studies addressing the integration of the SD theme in academic curricula. This paper makes here a contribution by showing what HEI is teaching in the area of business studies. It also brings good implications for society, while showing that sustainability content is becoming more apparent within certain HEI courses. This could be used to create follow up research on what type of sustainability content is being included within the courses and the learning that is happening in students in regard to this sustainability content.
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