Getting real with entrepreneurship: Teaching and training on equity and ethical themes using authentic research sources - A Conversation

Saturday, July 30, 2022

8:00 AM EDT

Primary Speaker(s)

Steven M. Cramer, MLS

Entrepreneurship Librarian
UNC Greensboro
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Speaker(s)

Morgan Ritchie-Baum, MLS

Research & Instruction Librarian - Business & Social Science
Wake Forest University, United States

This conversational session explores the theory and practice of engaging business and entrepreneurship students with complicated, real world use cases of ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship and business using traditional academic, non-academic, and open access sources. The presenters will describe utilizing local data to explore the impact of economic development initiatives within specific communities; leveraging social media and other popular information sources to support critical business information literacy; and engaging students in conversations about equity and ethical issues in business and entrepreneurship.The conversation concludes with the presenters thoughts on the evolving definition of who an entrepreneur is and what it means to be entrepreneurial.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to discuss how to teach entrepreneurship research through an ethical lens.
Upon completion, participant will be able to explain equity issues in the support of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship students
Upon completion, participant will be able to explore authentic sources in entrepreneurship research besides the usual datasets and databases.