A Decade of Service-learning: A Review of the Field Ten Years afterJOBE’sSeminal Special Issue

Journal of Business Ethics · 2008 · Volume 81 · Issue 4

Abstract

This article reviews developments in the field of service-learning, both in terms of general management education and business ethics specific courses, over the past 10 years. Using the 1996Journal of Business Ethicsspecial issue on service-learning as a benchmark, numerous accomplishments are presented and continued barriers are discussed. Finally, three issues are raised as next steps for service-learning authors and practitioners as we move forward into the next decade: (1) designing effective and sustainable university/community partnerships, (2) addressing problems stemming from the conspiracy of courtesy, and (3) optimizing the intersection between online learning and service-learning.

Keywords

community engagement, review of the field, service-learning, Teaching Business Ethics

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