This week’s topics
Sustainability in the Business Environment
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Stakeholder theory and engagement
- Circular economy principles
- Drivers and barriers to sustainable business
- INSEAD Explains Sustainability: Circular Economy
- Corporate Sustainability and CSR
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Discuss the role of sustainability in a range of business contexts.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss the role of sustainability in a range of business contexts.
Study materials
Videos
- INSEAD Explains Sustainability: Circular Economy · YouTube · INSEAD · 7 min · for registered students
- The Circular Economy & Future Fit. · YouTube · CILT · 14 min · for registered students
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) · YouTube · tutor2u · 19 min · for registered students
- Social Responsibility Perspectives: The Shareholder and Stakeholder Approach · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 8 min · for registered students
- Carroll's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Pyramid | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 4 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Business Ethics, ch. 4: Three Special Stakeholders: Society, the Environment, and Government · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 93–126 · for registered students
- Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future (UN Global Compact, 2014) · PDF · Un, guidance; 48 pages · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 5: Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 121–152 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
