Teaching Conscious Capitalism in Higher Education: Learning Experience and Paradigm Shift

Adriana Morales-Rodriguez, Nelly Ramírez-Vásquez, Enrique Bores-Rangel

2024

Abstract

The course Introduction to Conscious Business was designed based on the Conscious Capitalism model to educate students about the social imperative for companies to move beyond a singular focus on profit and strive for higher goals that benefit communities and the planet. The course is conducted synchronously online and is open to students from all university majors. It features a lead professor, a tutor professor, an international expert on the subject, and several guest speakers from companies that exemplify the proposed business paradigm. Additionally, various digital team activities are incorporated to foster dialogue and critical reflection among students. To assess the impact of the course, a pre-course and post-course questionnaire was administered to investigate students’ initial and final perceptions regarding the role of business in the contemporary world and to measure changes in their perceptions. The results indicated a positive evolution in students’ paradigms concerning certain tenets of Conscious Capitalism, which is encouraging. However, it is important to acknowledge the study’s limitations, thus suggesting the need for further investigation in this area.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Morales-Rodriguez A., Ramírez-Vásquez N. and Bores-Rangel E. (2024). Teaching Conscious Capitalism in Higher Education: Learning Experience and Paradigm Shift. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-697-2, SciTePress, pages 461-466. DOI: 10.5220/0012544400003693

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu24,
author={Adriana Morales-Rodriguez and Nelly Ramírez-Vásquez and Enrique Bores-Rangel},
title={Teaching Conscious Capitalism in Higher Education: Learning Experience and Paradigm Shift},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU},
year={2024},
pages={461-466},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012544400003693},
isbn={978-989-758-697-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU
TI - Teaching Conscious Capitalism in Higher Education: Learning Experience and Paradigm Shift
SN - 978-989-758-697-2
AU - Morales-Rodriguez A.
AU - Ramírez-Vásquez N.
AU - Bores-Rangel E.
PY - 2024
SP - 461
EP - 466
DO - 10.5220/0012544400003693
PB - SciTePress