Systematic Review of Sustainable-Development-Goal Deployment in Business Schools

María García-Feijoo, Almudena Eizaguirre and Alvaro Rica-Aspiunza
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María García-Feijoo: Management Department, University of Deusto (Deusto Business School), Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014 Bilbao, Spain
Almudena Eizaguirre: Management Department, University of Deusto (Deusto Business School), Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014 Bilbao, Spain
Alvaro Rica-Aspiunza: Management Department, University of Deusto (Deusto Business School), Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014 Bilbao, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: In 2015, more than 190 countries pledged to meet by 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 that aim to ensure sustainable global social and economic development, and to strengthen universal peace. Public institutions, businesses, organizations and individuals are all called upon to contribute to this challenge. Focusing on business schools (BSs), and the potential impact they have on graduates, we ask what they are doing for the deployment of these objectives. To this end, we conducted a systematic review of the literature related to SDGs and business schools in the WOS, SCOPUS and ERIC databases. A multi-stage exclusion process resulted in 16 documents for review. The findings of this study provide key information on the role that business schools have to play in achieving SDGs and the ways in which they can be incorporated into their activity: from more in-depth actions linked to creating awareness, questioning current paradigms, fostering cooperation and interdisciplinarity with stakeholders, and working on coherence; to more specific interventions such as creating student associations, incorporating new teaching methodologies or increasing students’ participation in extracurricular activities. In addition, this study also allows us to identify gaps in the literature, giving ideas on necessary future lines of research.

Keywords: SDGs; education for sustainable development; education for sustainability; higher education; business and management education; business schools; responsible management education; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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