La recherche-intervention au service de l'enseignement de la RSE

Pierre Baret ()
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Pierre Baret: Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School, CEREGE [Poitiers, La Rochelle] - Centre de recherche en gestion [EA 1722] - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - ULR - La Rochelle Université

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Abstract: This article aims to demonstrate that teaching CSR based on action-research avoids the pitfalls identified by Parker (2018) in his indictment against the Business Schools. To do this, we first explore the specificity of CSR education. It is characterized by: 1) its transversal nature, which questions all conventional management disciplines; 2) its inherent interactivity which stimulate a critical perspective; 3) support in identifying CSR issues; 4) the complexity of the «CSR object"; 5) the extremely fast evolution of this area of study. In a second step, we demonstrate that action-research, by permanently immersing the researcher within the organization, lead to: 1) combine a goal of transforming organizations with the construction of scientific knowledge and teaching; 2) generate a co-construction of knowledge between company members and researchers; 3) be enhanced by the stakeholders' heterogeneity through the establishment of dialogue. In doing so, we demonstrate that the practice of action-research makes it possible to build CSR education that addresses all five categories of issues that we have identified. As a result, this link between action-research and CSR education responds to the pitfalls set out by Parker. Indeed, it contributes: 1) to question the dominant shareholder model, 2°) to develop students' critical thinking skills and 3°) to make companies' practices evolve in a concrete way towards greater responsibility.

Keywords: Action-Research; CSR; Higher Education; Recherche-Intervention; Enseignement de la RSE. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-01
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Published in Management & sciences sociales, 2018, La responsabilité sociétale des écoles de management en France, 25, pp.50-62

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