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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Mostly "greenwashing"?
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10-13-2008 8:53 AM
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Centres, institutes, programmes and initiatives have sprung up, websites and brochures trumpet business schools’ dedication to serving society, ethics, managing the environment and social entrepreneurship.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/16f61b5e-96e0-11dd-8cc4-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=02e16f4a-46f9-11da-b8e5-00000e2511c8.html"><P>Yet, despite the apparent surge in activity, little has changed within schools. Core courses continue to be organised along conventional functional lines – finance, accounting, marketing, operations, strategy – with little exposure to emerging challenges such as climate change, global poverty or inequity.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/16f61b5e-96e0-11dd-8cc4-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=02e16f4a-46f9-11da-b8e5-00000e2511c8.html"><P>The truth is that the apparent “greening” of business schools is a form of “greenwashing”. 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