Environmental Education in MBA Schools in 1989

Number: 1989-07

 

WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation established the Corporate Conservation Council in 1982 as a forum for discussion between senior corporate executives and Federation leadership on natural resource issues of mutual concern; and

WHEREAS, the Council has initiated an outreach program towards schools of business administration to encourage an awareness among the managers of the future–the business school students–of the responsible use and management of our natural resources; and

WHEREAS, this program will help students gain an understanding that proper environmental management is sound decision-making which, like other business decisions, can produce tangible benefits for the corporation and for society;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 16-19, 1989, in Arlington, Virginia urges schools of business administration to include environmental education in their curriculum.