Abstract
Martin Parker’s article in The Guardian, titled “Why We Should Bulldoze the Business School,” is one of several critical examinations questioning whether teaching business growth and increased consumption can genuinely align with sustainable development. While most business schools now offer comprehensive programs aimed at supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and while both research and curricula increasingly focus on sustainability, the pace of this transition remains too slow. It is often constrained by the prevailing principles of economic growth, which rely on resource exploitation and environmental degradation. This raises a crucial question: how can business schools authentically contribute to sustainable development—rather than engaging in greenwashing and using the SDG framework to obscure unsustainable practices?
Presenters
Caroline D. Ditlev-SimonsenProfessor, Department of Law and Governance, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
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Presentation Type
Theme
Education, Assessment and Policy
KEYWORDS
Sustainable Development, Business Education, Economic Growth, Greenwashing, UN SDG
