Preparing Millennials as Digital Citizens and Socially and Environmentally Responsible Business Professionals in a Socially Irresponsible Climate

20 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2019

See all articles by Barbara Burgess Wilkerson

Barbara Burgess Wilkerson

Winthrop University

Clovia Hamilton

Kelley School of Business

Chlotia Garrison

Winthrop University

Keith Robbins

Winthrop University

Date Written: October 27, 2018

Abstract

As of 2015, millennials (born in the 1990’s) became the largest population in the workplace – and are still growing. Studies indicate millennials are tech savvy but are lagging in the exercise of digital responsibility. In addition, they are passive towards environmental sustainability and fail to grasp the importance of social responsibility. This paper provides a review of such findings relating to business communications educators in their classrooms. The literature should enable the development of millennials as excellent global citizens through business communications curricula that emphasize: digital citizenship, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The impetus for this work is to provide guidance in the development of courses and teaching strategies customized to the development of millennials as digital, environmental and socially responsible global citizens.

Keywords: millennials, digital citizenship, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, business ethics, current events analysis, management education

JEL Classification: M1, M12

Suggested Citation

Burgess Wilkerson, Barbara and Hamilton, Clovia and Garrison, Chlotia and Robbins, Keith, Preparing Millennials as Digital Citizens and Socially and Environmentally Responsible Business Professionals in a Socially Irresponsible Climate (October 27, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3319110 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3319110

Barbara Burgess Wilkerson

Winthrop University ( email )

Rock Hill, SC 29733-0001
United States

Clovia Hamilton (Contact Author)

Kelley School of Business ( email )

Bloomington, IN 47405
United States

Chlotia Garrison

Winthrop University ( email )

Rock Hill, SC 29733-0001
United States

Keith Robbins

Winthrop University ( email )

Rock Hill, SC 29733-0001
United States

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