Module Descriptors
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
ENTP50030
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Junie Tong-Clark
Email: J.T.Tong@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ORAL PRESENTATION weighted at 30%
- TEAM REPORT OF 2000 WORDS weighted at 70%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
The module will be delivered via lectures and tutorials. Students will be expected to participate actively in both lectures and tutorials.
Learning support material will be provided via the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment.
Learning support material will be provided via the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment.
Module Indicative Content
The module aims to encourage students to critically engage in current debates about the role of business in addressing global challenges.
Specifically, it will provide them with a basic grounding in the main theoretical concepts that underpin the notions of sustainability and CSR as well as the practical responses of business.
These concepts will be illustrated with real world case studies that illustrate best practice and highlight the risks when companies get it 'wrong'.
Students will then bring together these concepts and practical examples to critically evaluate the evolving role of business in society.
Specifically, it will provide them with a basic grounding in the main theoretical concepts that underpin the notions of sustainability and CSR as well as the practical responses of business.
These concepts will be illustrated with real world case studies that illustrate best practice and highlight the risks when companies get it 'wrong'.
Students will then bring together these concepts and practical examples to critically evaluate the evolving role of business in society.
Module Resources
Library, internet.
Module Texts
Blowfield M and Murray A. (2008) Corporate Responsibility: A critical introduction. (Oxford: OUP) ISBN 978-0199209095
DesJardins J. (2007) Business, ethics, and the environment: Imagining a sustainable future. (Upper Saddle River: Pearson) ISBN 978-0131891746
Elkington J. (1999) Cannibals with forks: The triple bottom line of 21st century business. (Oxford: Capstone) ISBN 978-0865713925
DesJardins J. (2007) Business, ethics, and the environment: Imagining a sustainable future. (Upper Saddle River: Pearson) ISBN 978-0131891746
Elkington J. (1999) Cannibals with forks: The triple bottom line of 21st century business. (Oxford: Capstone) ISBN 978-0865713925
Module Additional Assessment Details
Oral Presentation on Team Project, weighted at 30%
2000 word Team Report, weighted at 70%
2000 word Team Report, weighted at 70%