30296 - GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
CLEAM - CLEF - CLEACC - BESS-CLES - BIEMF
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
- to identify the key sustainability issues that challenges today and tomorrow business models;
- to evaluate the extent to which different types of sustainability or social responsibility initiatives are strategic;
- to understand the best practices adopted by the organizations that want to perform on the financial, social and environmental dimensions.
Theory and practice are combined dynamically, making room for class discussion and case studies aimed at showing how sustainability can be interpreted in the business world. A global perspective is adopted.
- Sustainability: what does it mean?
- Global social and environmental issues.
- Competition, sustainability and responsibility: a strategic view.
- Market and industry contexts for being socially responsible (or irresponsible).
- Social responsibility in the marketplace, in the workplace, and in the community.
- Environmental sustainability: strategy, innovation, and performance.
- Organizational processes to promote sustainability and social responsibility.
- Social innovation and social entrepreneurship.
- Socially-responsible investment in global financial markets.
- Public-private partnerships.
- Sustainability reporting: Global Reporting Initiative and integrated reporting.
Mid-term and final term exams on a selection of the the reading materials. Active participation during classes (including assignments either by individuals or by groups of students) is taken into consideration for the final mark.
For non attending students
Oral exam on all the reading materials.
A reading list, consisting of articles, papers, cases, and/or book chapters, will be provided at the beginning of the course.