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NOVA Seminar on Education for Sustainable Development in a Nordic Life Science Perspective
Ashkan Pakseresht (MSc.), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Department Economics, Uppsala. aspa0001@stud.slu.se
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Outline
Introduction
Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
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How: Promoting and improving quality education Reorienting educational programmes Building public understanding and awareness Providing practical training (UNESCO, 2005) Hence, in recent years we are witnessing the emergence of sustainability interdisciplinary programms including business studies.
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Traditionalist view of neoclassical economics, assume that every environmental and social activity reduces economic success due to cost increases.
Revisionist on the other hand, argue that there is a positive relationship between business practices advancing socioenvironmental objectives and business success
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Revisionist views
This positive relation is due to: Enhanced resource productivity (Porter &van der Linde 1995).
e.g. Cost reductions due to energy efficiency (e.g. Christmann, 2000)
Selling new solutions and innovations to other companies (Esty &Porter 1998).
e.g. Working as beacon to others (McElhany, 2008, 230).
Competetive advantages through research on new technologies and products (Porter &van der Linde, 1995).
e.g. technology productivity or customer acquisition through the introduction of natural or organic products (e.g. Burke and Logsdon 1996; Schaltegger and Wagner 2006). The global market for fair trade products was valued at about Institutionen fr ekonomi $US 900 m in 2005.
Figure 2. Management of sustainability performance by linking environmental and social management with competitiveness and economic success (Schaltegger and Wagner 2006, 4).
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SD as marketing concept
By the Brundtland Reports definition, sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs(WCED, 1987, 8). Palmer (2000) defines marketing as being about marshalling the resources of an organization so that they meet the changing needs of customers on whom the organization depends. In fact sustainable development can be seen as a marketing process.
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Concept
Brundtland s report
Dimensions
Elkingtons TBL
2000
Kofi Annans UN Global Compact PriceWaterhouseCoopers report Harts Sustainable Value Framework McKinsey & Company report
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Hence
Businesses are increasingly incorporate sustainability principles in their strategies. For the business community, sustainability is more than mere window-dressing. In short: Companies by adopting sustainable practices, can gain competitive edge, increase their market share, and boost shareholder value. What's more, the growing demand for 'green' solutions has constructed major new markets in which sharp-eyed eco-entrepreneurs are gathering rewards.
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Charter et al. (2006, 9) have argued Companies should begin to prepare for a more sustainable millennium by re-examining the social and environmental impacts of their strategies and to doing so they need educated staff. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (2006, 21), for example, argues that In order that an organization can build its sustainability credentials, an all pervading culture needs to be developed for staff to recognize opportunities and to deal with them.
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Many business programs integrate sustainability perspectives, make their students become change agents in corporate value creation based on economic, social and environmental values. These studies provides students with the essential capabilities and outlook to build a sustainability management approach.
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As Bjrn Porsteinsson (NOVA annual seminar, 2010) states: internationalization of higher education is one of the ways a country responds to the impact of globalization yet, at the same time respects the individuality of the nation.
Source: Porsteinsson, B. (2010), Internationalization in higher education , powerpoint presentation page 6, NOVA annual seminar, (2010) on new strategy and "The Knowledge Triangle, Education, Research and Innovation, Selfoss, Iceland 6-7 May. Institutionen fr ekonomi
Last word
As evidenced so far in this presentation, the severity of global issues that exist in the modern world have created enormous implications in the global business landscape. As a result, there is a clear opportunity for business schools worldwide to move beyond simply being good offering high quality education and obeying the law to doing good. More to the point, there is a clear opportunity for the Universities to position themselves to take the lead in creating business leaders that will work to drive and shape a sustainable world. Sustainability is a gateway of business studies however, it needs to be taken to the deeper levels and covers all business sub-disciplines.
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Contacts information
For more information regarding SLUs economics and business courses please contact :
Assoc. Prof. Karin Hakelius Director of studies Department of Economics SLU Email:karin.hakelius@slu.se Phone: +46 18-671745
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