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Corporate social responsibility in management education: Current status in Spanish universities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Dolors Setó-Pamies ,
Misericordia Domingo-Vernis  and
Noemí Rabassa-Figueras
Dolors Setó-Pamies
Affiliation:
Faculty of Business and Economics, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
Misericordia Domingo-Vernis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Business and Economics, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
Noemí Rabassa-Figueras
Affiliation:
Faculty of Business and Economics, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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Abstract

In the context of education for sustainable development, the purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a study in Spain into the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) is taught in management schools. The study makes an exploratory and descriptive web-content analysis of the curriculum and subjects on Business and Management degrees at all universities in Spain. Our findings show that a high percentage of universities include CSR-related subjects on their curriculum. CSR content is taught as either specific CSR subjects (stand-alone CSR subjects) or as part of various subjects on the academic curriculum (embedded CSR subjects). Although at first sight our findings may seem promising, a more detailed analysis shows that few universities include stand-alone CSR subjects and that although many universities have embedded CSR subjects, the CSR content is by no means fully developed.

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corporate social responsibility (CSR)business ethicshigher educationcurriculummanagement/business schoolsCSR teaching programs

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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 17 , Issue 5: Educating for Sustainability and CSR: What is the role of business schools? , September 2011 , pp. 604 - 620
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2011

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