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This paper offers two unique service-learning approaches to developself-efficacy toward service and motivation for civic participation incollege business students. The exercises utilize methodologies providinghands-on experiences for students to meet social needs. They alsoprovide real-world settings for students to develop skills and personalgrowth relevant to their business careers. One exercise was used in anorganizational behavior course and the other in a legal environment ofbusiness course. Instructors may easily adapt either methodology toother business courses.
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Weber, P.S., Sleeper, B. Enriching Student Experiences: Multi-disciplinary Exercises in Service-learning. Teaching Business Ethics 7, 417–435 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TEBE.0000005707.31594.94
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