Increasing the commitment of students toward corporate social responsibility through higher education instruction
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Rodríguez Gómez, Sara; López Pérez, María Victoria; Garde Sánchez, Raquel; Arco Castro, María LourdesEditorial
Elsevier
Materia
Ethical competencies University instruction Business ethics Corporate social responsibility
Date
2022-11Referencia bibliográfica
S. Rodríguez-Gómez et al. Increasing the commitment of students toward corporate social responsibility through higher education instruction. The International Journal of Management Education 20 (2022) 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100710
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European Regional Development Fund B1-SEJ-387-UGR18Résumé
The corporate social responsibility strategies that companies will incorporate depend on the
commitments and decisions that future generations will make. Under the Principles for Responsible
Management Education framework, universities must foster skills that will influence the
ethical behaviours and decisions of their students so that they can respond to the new needs of
business. In the business world, ethical commitment is articulated through corporate social responsibility
(CSR); therefore, it is of interest to know the extent to which a university’s ethical
instruction is received by students and the factors that influence it, as well as the extent to which
they are associated with their orientation toward CSR.
This study analyses the impact of university instruction in business ethics on students’ economic
and social visions and the effect they have on their orientation toward CSR. Based on the
answers to a questionnaire from a sample of 151 students, the relationship between ethical instruction
and CSR orientation and the factors that reinforce this relationship are analysed using
structural equations. The results show that the instruction given, family education (values) and
social vision are positively associated with the students’ orientation toward CSR, while economic
vision, which is traditionally transmitted through the subjects of the degree, is negatively
associated.