This article considers the potential contribution of care ethics in business education through the lens of a new perspective, called “educare.” The present paper first explains what educare is and what its goals are, all the while distinguishing it from possible erroneous interpretations. Based on two anthropological assumptions (embodiment and interdependency), educare encompasses four learning goals: “caring about,” “taking care of,” “care-giving,” and “care-receiving.” This perspective leads us to reject the idea that care is essentialist and that normative ethics can be taught directly, and thus we look at how service-learning could be a way to effectively develop the capability to care. Secondly, educare’s relevance for business education is discussed in detail, both at the “microethics” and “macroethics” levels. This article closes with an in-depth analysis of a mentoring program implemented by a French business school which shows educare at work.
