Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with a solid working knowledge of the emerging importance of sustainability and social responsibility as business considerations, and to understand how they are integrated into the vision and planning of the firm.  On successful completion of the course, the student should:

1. Possess an in-depth understanding of the triple bottom line and how all three of its elements are equally important
2. Understand the concept of sustainability, and how corporations might comport themselves in a sustainable manner
3. Understand who are all of the stakeholders, and how they are affected by the actions of corporations
4. Be able to demonstrate the different ways that concerns for the environment are demonstrated
5. Comprehend the different ways to measure how corporations affect society and the environment
6. Understand the whole product life cycle and how the stakeholders are affected by it
7. Understand global warming and how all stakeholders can play their part to prevent it
8. Know what it means to be carbon neutral and the steps that can be taken to get there