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Real-World Examples of Responsible Business Education

Target GroupExecutive Education, Master, PhDResource TypeCase StudyDomainGeneral Knowledge, ManagementDuration1h to ≤ 2hAuthorPositive Impact Rating
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This is the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) Case Studies Collection. It offers real-world examples of how business schools around the world are making positive impact, tracking their learning journeys and innovations in teaching, research, and institutional transformation. The collection compiles case studies from a variety of regions and years

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Faculty can use this collection as a source of concrete examples and case-study material for courses in business education, sustainability, organizational change, or higher education leadership. Instructors might assign specific case studies for students to analyze the challenges and solutions business schools adopted, compare institutional contexts across regions, or use the cases as prompts for group work where students develop their own transformative-education strategies.

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Case Study

Assign students specific analytical roles before presenting the case. Use structured questioning protocols to guide examination of stakeholder perspectives, decision points, and systemic factors. Have students work in small groups to develop competing recommendations, then debate solutions using evidence from the case. Conclude with reflection on reasoning processes and assumptions that influenced their analysis.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
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      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
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    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
    • Behavioural learning
    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
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      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
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