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published on June 4, 2025
Oliver Williams, Yong-Seung Park

https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej2025530168
The Retrieval of Aristotle¡¯s Thought
Insight That Informs Responsible Management Education
There is a growing realization that management education is not producing the leaders we need in business today. What is new here is that this criticism is coming from influential business leaders and that the focus is on the quality of the character of many of the leaders and not simply on the decisions they are making. This study argues that a key insight of Aristotle¡¯s thought, the need to develop people of character would inform the way responsible management education is taught today and, more importantly, may enhance the future direction of business education. The argument, based on a study of business leaders, is that moral education in business schools should focus on the training of character rather than the inculcation of rules, becoming a certain sort of person with a ¡°sustainability mindset.¡± We introduce a transformational model with five dimensions, ranging from the purpose of business school to the composition of its curriculum, aimed at achieving system-level transformation within business schools.