CHAPTER 9

Voicing Values in Pursuit of a Social Mission

The Role of Giving Voice to Values in Social Entrepreneurship Teaching

Denise Crossan

Abstract

The number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses being taught in the area of nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship has seen unprecedented growth in the past 6 to 7 years.1 At the same time and as a perceived response to the global economic crisis, commercial business courses have increased their focus in areas such as corporate social responsibility.2 While the teaching of ethics as a subject in the commercial business curriculum has been commonplace for the past three to four decades, the teaching of ethics as a component of a social entrepreneurship curriculum remains relatively ...

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