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The Light on Hartman Green: Natural Scientists, Business Education, and an Ecological Business Paradigm

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  • Timothy W. Sipe

    (Franklin & Marshall College)

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Considerable effort has been devoted over the last fifteen years by faculty and administrators in numerous colleges and universities, and by organizations such as the Aspen Institute and Teagle Foundation, to enhancing business education through broad infusion of the perspectives and content of the liberal arts. The emphasis has been on integration of the social sciences and especially the humanities. The author—a natural scientist—recounts a seminal experience that motivated him to work more intensively on this initiative with his colleagues across academic divisions at his home institution and beyond. He also argues for more engagement by natural science faculty in this process and examines the transdisciplinary re-visioning required to transform business teaching, learning, and practice into a new paradigm consistent with ecological reality.

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  • Timothy W. Sipe, 2020. "The Light on Hartman Green: Natural Scientists, Business Education, and an Ecological Business Paradigm," Humanistic Management Journal, Springer, vol. 5(2), pages 279-286, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:humman:v:5:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s41463-020-00082-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s41463-020-00082-x
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    1. Anne M. Greenhalgh & Douglas E. Allen & Jeffrey Nesteruk, 2020. "Preface to the Special Issue: Bringing the Humanities and Liberal Learning to the Study of Business," Humanistic Management Journal, Springer, vol. 5(2), pages 153-158, December.

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