Forty-eight MBA students were directed through a 2-day, hands-on recycling exercise to increase their social consciousness about this issue and to directly confront the necessary economic, managerial, and ethical choices associated with recycling. The exercise facilitated the development and practice of management skills, such as investigation, risk-reward tradeoffs, time-pressured decision making, negotiation, and team building. Guidelines are provided for persons wishing to employ or adapt such an exercise.
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