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A Decade of Service-learning: A Review of the Field Ten Years after JOBE’s Seminal Special Issue

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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 1996 Journal of Business Ethics special 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.

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Kenworthy-U’Ren, A.L. A Decade of Service-learning: A Review of the Field Ten Years after JOBE’s Seminal Special Issue. J Bus Ethics 81, 811–822 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9549-3

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