Integrating Sustainability in Management and Business Education: A Matrix Approach

This paper presents a matrix of options for integrating sustainability in management and business education, and illustrates how the matrix can be used with the example of a business school in the Northeastern United States, including lessons learned. The matrix contributes to the literature by including the co-curriculum in addition to the curriculum as an opportunity for integrating sustainability in management and business education. In addition, it draws from and extends previous empirical and conceptual research, and addresses the needs and weaknesses stated in earlier literature. The matrix provides a framework for discussion, as well as a framework for action since it provides faculty, staff, and administrators with options for integrating sustainability and includes advantages, disadvantages, and recommendations for using each option. The matrix is useful for relative newcomers to sustainability, and can also help those who are analyzing past successes and failures, as well as those planning future efforts.