Course: Corporate Sustainability 1 credits: 2
- Course code
- LBVB20CSU1C
- Name
- Corporate Sustainability 1
- Study year
- 2021-2022
- ECTS credits
- 2
- Language
- English
- Coordinator
- E. Dommerholt
- Modes of delivery
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- Education
- Assessments
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- Assignment - Other assessment
Learning outcomes
- Understanding of the sustainable development concept and awareness of the impact of sustainable development on the global (business) community at large. Most notably with regards to (renewable) energy and resource depletion.
- Understanding how to relate sustainable development to a business setting and the ability to identify sustainability related issues
- Awareness and understanding of the relationship between corporate sustainability and business performance.
- Understanding and critical thinking concerning of corporate sustainability drivers
- Awareness, understanding and critical thinking concerning corporate sustainability related strategies.
- Students can make recommendations, and come to judgments concerning sustainability factors and effective business (-behaviour)
- Competencies from the IBMS Programme Learning Outcomes (at level 3):
Content
· General introduction: definition of sustainable development, history, concepts
· The international dimension of sustainable development
· Relationship between corporate sustainability and business performance
· Theoretical approaches to corporate sustainability (i.e. neo classical, institutional and behavioural economics)
· Sustainability business strategies
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- International Business School