Does business education cultivate environmental citizenship?

Abstract

The recent spate of corporate scandals (involving corporate practices which, together with other factors, culminated in the 2008 financial crisis) has resulted in mounting criticism of the ethical integrity of management practices in for-profit organisations. This, in turn, has resulted in calls for a reorientation of management education, which, at present, exposes students to the economic model of utility maximisation (Goshal, 2005). An article published in this journal in 2009 echoed this sentiment by proclaiming that business education erodes the character of management students (Elegido, 2009). Although Elegido does not explicitly point out exactly what he means by character, he implies that character refers to how the individual understands and conducts him/herself within the