Ethics Responsibility & Sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Exposure of fundamental contents and analysis of real cases in a Problem-Based Learning approach.

Learning Outcomes

To enable students with general knowledge in business ethics and sustainability, with a particular focus on the challenges that companies face at the local and global levels. It is intended that students can know and be able to discuss the main perspectives and their evolution of the addressed concepts, to critically evaluate and comment on specific problems and cases, while creatively searching for solutions to these crucial issues nowadays. It also intends to explore critical thinking about the individual and collective, purpose-driven role toward a more sustainable future.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

  Chap. 1 - Business Ethics

1.1 - Behaviour in the Workplace

1.2 - Morality and Personal Values

1.3 - Business Values

1.4. - Business ethics in practice

Chapter 2- Corporate Sustainability

2.1 - The role of companies in sustainable development

2.2 - Stakeholder Involvement

2.3 - Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility

2.4 - Circular Economy

2.5 - The Blue Economy

2.6 - Our role and commitment in the future

Head Lecturer(s)

Carmina Simion Simescu Martinho Nunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

Haski-Leventhal, D. Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Tools and Theories for Responsible Management, Sage Publications, 2018.

Joseph Sarkis,  Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain in Business and Management series, edward Elgar Publishing.

BOATRIGHT, John R. - Ethics and the conduct of business. 4th ed.. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 2003.