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How Business Schools Can Graduate Business Citizens

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The world needs business citizens, and business schools are the best place for people to become/be transformed into business citizens. Currently, schools of business do not deliver this to the extent needed, but they have great potential to assume that role. Business schools are well positioned to build the character of their students through developing individuals who are morally aware, characterized by proper judgment, motivation, and courage in addition to the ability to introspect and reflect. To do that effectively, schools of business need to leverage the university experience, connect with other disciplines, and offer mechanisms to positively impact the societies in which they operate. At its best, a school of business would transform from just being a repository of business knowledge, into a center of learning impacting—beyond students—an extended community, thus helping bridge societal gaps.

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Sidani, Y. (2022). How Business Schools Can Graduate Business Citizens. In: Örtenblad, A., Koris, R. (eds) Debating Business School Legitimacy. Palgrave Debates in Business and Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12725-0_11

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