Environmental Theme in the Educational Curriculums of Business Courses of Higher Education Institutions of the State of Paraíba

Abstract

The environment issues have required attitudes from management and future administrators that include sustainability of the environment preoccupations in their operative activities. In this context, the objective of this research was identifying subjects that approach the environment theme in educational curriculums of business courses in Paraíba state. It was made a research in the Educational Minister’s web page of the accredited institutions that offer the business course and were found 32 universities. Then, researches were made in all private and public institutions web pages to analyze the course’s programs. It concludes that 77% of the business courses in Paraíba have themes that discuss the environmental issues, nevertheless 23% still do not have this kind of discussion, what needs to be analyzed, even though it is a low percentage, once administrators contribute in a decision level and they can minimize impacts from economic activities.