Walking the Sustainability Talk: If Not Us, Who? If Not Now, When?. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kanashiro, Patricia; Rands, Gordon; Starik, Mark
• Is Part Of: Journal of management education. Volume 44:Number 6(2020)
• Page Start: 822
• Page End: 851
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: sustainability -- personal sustainability -- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals -- UN SDGs -- personal responsibility -- Principles for Responsible Management Education -- PRME -- activism -- sustainable development; Management -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Executives -- Training of -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 658
• DOI: 10.1177/1052562920937423
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1052-5629

Abstract

This essay centers on the personal sustainability behaviors of faculty as related to research, teaching, and service, as well as those behaviors that go far beyond these typical faculty responsibilities. We argue that faculty personal engagement with sustainability can lend credibility to this topic as faculty can set a good example for students, colleagues, and other stakeholders within their respective networks. We draw on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals to suggest several ideas that faculty could adopt as part of their sustainability plans. Moreover, we offer multiple recommendations as to how faculty might leverage these experiences in the classroom and beyond.