Subject
Sustainable development and social responsibility
Program
Bachelor’s degree (BBA)
Instruction mode
Credits
3
Description
Learning to recognize and understand environmental issues as well as the need to manage them effectively in the context of sustainable development.
To achieve the theoretical and educational objectives of the course, three main approaches will be considered:
Environmental analysis: questions about the causes, consequences and trends of key environmental issues that surround us; life cycle analysis to fully identify all of the impacts of a product or service.
Economic analysis: the problem of externalities, regulations, types of economic incentives to control pollution, the monetary valuation of costs and benefits of environmental protection, sustainable development, integration of environment and sustainable development in the company's strategy;
Management: environmental markets and new business opportunities, various environmental strategies, environmental management system, and dialogue with stakeholders.
Themes covered
1. The most pressing environmental problems
2. The links between the economy and the environment: a macroeconomic approach
3. The microeconomic approach to environmental issues
4. Regulation tools
5. Environmental management by businesses
6. Businesses and their communities relationships
7. Environmental management and corporate culture
8. Sustainable development and corporate strategy
9. Sustainable development entrepreneurship and decision making
Important notes
Course in French : DDRS 20840
Cours mutuellement exclusif(s) : ECON 20809. Vous ne pouvez pas vous inscrire à ce cours si vous avez postulé ou réussi le cours ECON 20809.
Cours mutuellement exclusif(s) : ECON 20809. Vous ne pouvez pas vous inscrire à ce cours si vous avez postulé ou réussi le cours ECON 20809.