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E. Fröhlich et al.
Especially in times of crisis, the call for higher corporate social responsibility
(CSR) standards shows that society no longer tolerates irresponsible behaviour,
threatening the licence to operate of respective companies and organisations. Thus,
business schools especially have to react by providing responsible education, thereby
enabling future managers to make socially and ethically sound decisions in the
respective organizations in which they will work (Cornelius et al. 2007). Futurefit leadership and leaders who are able to navigate through the challenges of our time
are needed, thus creating added value for society (Jones Christensen et al. 2014).
Although courses (and research) focusing on CSR, business and society, business
ethics and the like seem to be en vogue, scarce attention has been paid in terms of
pedagogical and didactic elements in relation to how they can best be integrated
into (higher) education settings (Giacalone and Thompson 2006). With this in mind,
CBS International Business School developed an SDG Teaching Map. It aims to
show how business schools can contribute to value-oriented management, in order to
enable companies to meet these social and environmental challenges of our common
future (Schneidewind 2014) and showcase an outside-in perspective (Muff et al.
2013; Dyllick and Muff 2016; Muff et al. 2017).
The focus of this paper, however, does not rest on the presentation of the SDG
Teaching Map but on its further development potential in terms of introducing new,
innovative RME teaching formats. These are currently being developed in an EU
Erasmus+ project under the title Innovative Solutions for SUstainability in Education
(ISSUE) (ISSUE 2019). Thus, this paper tries to provide a first impression of how
best to reflect the SDGs in respective teaching formats.
2 Methodology: The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
Teaching Map
The SDG Teaching Map is the result of a master thesis written at the CBS International
Business School (Kul 2020), which is an internationally-oriented, state-recognised
university and ranks among the best private business schools in Germany (Book
et al. 2019; CBS International Business School 2019). The programme portfolio of
the CBS covers all educational levels, from Bachelor to Executive Master of Business
Administration. CBS degrees are obtained on either a full-time or a part-time basis,
and the majority of the courses are taught in English.
2.1 Case CBS International Business School—SDGs
and Teaching: How and Why?
In a first step, the research process for creating the SDG Teaching Map will be
described (see Fig. 1). As a result of the internal curriculum analysis, a short overview
E. Fröhlich et al.
Especially in times of crisis, the call for higher corporate social responsibility
(CSR) standards shows that society no longer tolerates irresponsible behaviour,
threatening the licence to operate of respective companies and organisations. Thus,
business schools especially have to react by providing responsible education, thereby
enabling future managers to make socially and ethically sound decisions in the
respective organizations in which they will work (Cornelius et al. 2007). Futurefit leadership and leaders who are able to navigate through the challenges of our time
are needed, thus creating added value for society (Jones Christensen et al. 2014).
Although courses (and research) focusing on CSR, business and society, business
ethics and the like seem to be en vogue, scarce attention has been paid in terms of
pedagogical and didactic elements in relation to how they can best be integrated
into (higher) education settings (Giacalone and Thompson 2006). With this in mind,
CBS International Business School developed an SDG Teaching Map. It aims to
show how business schools can contribute to value-oriented management, in order to
enable companies to meet these social and environmental challenges of our common
future (Schneidewind 2014) and showcase an outside-in perspective (Muff et al.
2013; Dyllick and Muff 2016; Muff et al. 2017).
The focus of this paper, however, does not rest on the presentation of the SDG
Teaching Map but on its further development potential in terms of introducing new,
innovative RME teaching formats. These are currently being developed in an EU
Erasmus+ project under the title Innovative Solutions for SUstainability in Education
(ISSUE) (ISSUE 2019). Thus, this paper tries to provide a first impression of how
best to reflect the SDGs in respective teaching formats.
2 Methodology: The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
Teaching Map
The SDG Teaching Map is the result of a master thesis written at the CBS International
Business School (Kul 2020), which is an internationally-oriented, state-recognised
university and ranks among the best private business schools in Germany (Book
et al. 2019; CBS International Business School 2019). The programme portfolio of
the CBS covers all educational levels, from Bachelor to Executive Master of Business
Administration. CBS degrees are obtained on either a full-time or a part-time basis,
and the majority of the courses are taught in English.
2.1 Case CBS International Business School—SDGs
and Teaching: How and Why?
In a first step, the research process for creating the SDG Teaching Map will be
described (see Fig. 1). As a result of the internal curriculum analysis, a short overview