Beyond Knowledge: A Study of Latin American Business Schools’ Efforts to Deliver a Value-Based Education

Ezequiel Reficco (), María Helena Jaén () and Carlos Trujillo
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Ezequiel Reficco: Universidad de Los Andes
María Helena Jaén: Universidad de Los Andes

Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, vol. 156, issue 3, No 14, 857-874

Abstract: Abstract In our research, we examine the efforts made by Latin American business schools in the last decade to deliver a value-based education. We carry out a survey with a sample of faculty members and program directors from the whole region. We find that societal demands influenced the direction of managerial education toward values and social responsibility, changing contents and teaching methodologies in the process. Our research shows that the teaching of value-based contents—social responsibility, business ethics and environmental sustainability—has gained ground in the region in the last decade, and that the emphasis on value-based contents goes hand-in-hand with a more intensive use of active learning methodologies—the case method in particular. From the perspective of respondents, the emphasis on active learning seems to correlate positively with observed changes in students’ civility.

Keywords: Latin American business education; Active learning; Case method; Problem-based learning; PBL; Teaching business ethics; Teaching corporate social responsibility; CSR; Teaching environmental sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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