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THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABILITY ON MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND BUSINESS LEADERS
This paper challenges the conventional paradigm of crisis management by demonstrating that global economic and political turbulence should not be treated as an exogenous shock for managers to navigate, but rather as a systemic condition influenced by corporate decisions. Investigating how sustainability education prepares current (executive MBA) and future (undergraduate) business leaders for global volatility, the study presents four key insights. First, both cohorts recognize that traditional global supply chain practices accelerate global turbulence, whereas sustainable practices serve a mitigative function. Second, exposing students to supply chain sustainability benchmarks actively develops global awareness and managerial empathy. Third, empirical findings indicate that gender-balanced environments optimize sustainability-focused strategic decision-making. Finally, the research reveals that threshold learning can occur independently through structured self-reflection, bypassing the strict requirement for direct instructor facilitation. Ultimately, this study establishes that integrating sustainability into management curricula empowers leaders to understand how their supply chain choices directly amplify or alleviate macroeconomic instability.