Module Descriptors
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
ENTP60031
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Mohammad Wasim
Email: Mohammad.Wasim@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 39
Independent Study Hours: 111
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT - 2500 WORDS weighted at 70%
- ORAL PRESENTATION weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Oral Presentation, weighted at 30%
Individual Assignment or Report - 2500 words, weighted at 70%
Individual Assignment or Report - 2500 words, weighted at 70%
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 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.
Learning Strategies
The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.
Web Descriptor
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.