Analysis of the perception of engineering students regarding sustainability

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:233

Article

Rampasso, I. S.¹  Anholon, R.¹  Silva, D.¹  Cooper Ordonez, R. E.¹  Santa-Eulalia, L. A.²  Quelhas, O. L. G.³  Filho, W. Leal⁴  Granada Aguirre, L. F.⁵ 

[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Mech Engn, Campinas, SP, Brazil

[2] Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada

[3] Fed Fluminense Univ, Lab Technol Business & Environm Management, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

[4] Hamburg Univ Appl Sci, Fac Life Sci, Hamburg, Germany

[5] Univ Libre, Posgrad Salud Publ, Cali, Colombia

关键词: Engineering education;    Sustainability;    SDG;    PLS-SEM;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.105

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This research aims to evaluate the engineering students' perception regarding sustainability. For this, a survey was developed based on sustainability parameters from a detailed analysis of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG). The parameters were initially divided into seven groups: Financial and Productivity Aspects (FPA); Concern With Employees (CWE); Support for Local Communities (SLC); Ethical and Corporate Governance Issues (ECI); Environmental Aspects (ENA); Sustainable Aspects in the Operations Network (SON); Customers, Development of New Products and Services (CPS). The survey was conducted with engineering undergraduate students from two Brazilian universities. The data were analyzed through structural equation modeling technique, namely the PLS-SEM algorithm. The collected 162 answers enabled the validation of the model tested, and showed that the students, in general, do not consider SLC and CWE when they are analyzing sustainability. Additionally, the most important construct was the CPS. This is an exploratory study and we believe that these findings may contribute to expand the debate about the sustainability insertion in engineering courses, helping educators in their didactic activities. There were not found similar studies in the literature, which highlight the originality of the research. The statistical validation of the results and the contribution to expand the debate regarding sustainability in engineering education justify the value of this study. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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