Russian Management Training Programs: do corporate responsibility topics have a place?

Because of fundamental political, social, and market changes in the former Soviet Union, significant changes in education were necessary. Perhaps chief among them was the introduction of an entirely new area: professional business training. Previously, Soviet educational institutions were directed p...

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Published inManagement accounting quarterly Vol. 5; no. 4; p. 25
Main Authors Harrison, David S, Lewellyn, Patsy G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Montvale Institute of Management Accountants 01.07.2004
Subjects
Business education
Business ethics
Cities
Collaboration
Corporate responsibility
Economic development
Education
Employee training
Employment
Ethics
Management
Management development
Management training
Marketing
Nuclear weapons
Quality management
Russian culture
Social responsibility
Theory
Vocational guidance
New York
Russia
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Summary:Because of fundamental political, social, and market changes in the former Soviet Union, significant changes in education were necessary. Perhaps chief among them was the introduction of an entirely new area: professional business training. Previously, Soviet educational institutions were directed primarily toward scientific and technological disciplines, at which they excelled. Now, while the somewhat stoic institutions of higher education in Russia are reacting to changes largely driven by student expectations and political influences, a variety of independent business training programs have surfaced to meet more immediate economic development needs. Overshadowed by pragmatic business skills, environmental, ethical, and other social topics are largely ignored by these new programs. The key training areas (management, marketing, finance) command center stage, leaving "less critical" needs such as business ethics and social responsibility to some undesignated time in the future. This approach is a travesty. Now is the most opportune time to build ethical commitments into the new economic and business culture. We will look at the cultural receptiveness of Russians to these issues, provide some basics on corporate responsibility and stakeholder theory, and close with recommendations on course curricula, including an outline of possible course topics and readings. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1528-5359
2577-8811