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Paper #3 (individual)
Due WEDNESDAY June 8 at 5pm
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You are the thesis committee chair for a student pursing a graduate degree
in sustainable business. One requirement of the degree is to complete a
"major field examination." The university specifies that the major field
examination must be written, must consist of essay-style answers, and must
provide evidence of excellent knowledge of the seminal ideas and recent
research findings in the candidate's field of study.
1. Based on what you have learned in this class, prepare a five-question
major field examination consistent with the requirements above.
2. Choose 2 of the 5 questions you have developed and answer them.
Guidelines: [a] Each of the five questions does not need to be longer than
one sentence. You can write longer questions if you want to (e.g., if you
wanted to incorporate background and/or references), but it is not
required. [b] Suggested length of each answer is one page. Obviously, good
question of this type could be answered at MUCH greater length, but I'm
looking for you to express the essence of the course's main ideas.
Note: I gave a lot of thought to whether one of the 5 questions you submit
can be the "great question" of the class: i.e., Can (or how can) a
business firm be both profitable and environmentally sustainable? I
decided not to accept it, because a good set of 5 questions should be able
to get at the essence of that question. I suggest keeping that in mind as
you formulate your questions and answer the two you have chosen.
Similarly, at the beginning of the quarter we asked, "what does it mean to
be sustainable?" I suggest when you answer questions you address why a
particular action is sustainable, rather than simply using the term and
assuming we all know what it means.