Ethics, Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The presentation of fundamental contents with the analysis of real cases will make it possible to highlight the need for companies to change their modus operandi in order to adopt more ethical and socially responsible organisational practices and also with more concern about their impact in environmental, social and even economic terms.

Learning Outcomes

- Understand the place and contribution of organisations in setting planetary environmental and social limits;
- Contribute to demystifying current conceptions and narratives associated with corporate sustainability;
- Think critically about the concepts and tools associated with the responsibility of organizations in reducing and managing their negative impacts;
- Reflect on the main ethical, environmental and social issues of corporate responsibility;
- Develop behaviours for ethical decision-making and social responsibility.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.1 Brief reflection on the resurgence of the problematic of Ethics in contemporary organizations.
1.2 Ethics and responsibility in decision making: models and perspectives.
1.3 Tools for implementing ethics in business: leadership, values, codes. The place of deontology
1.4 Perspectives on the future of the Business Ethics.
2.1. Sustainability and organizations: management challenges
2.2 Social Responsibility Management: implementation tools
2.3. Planetary and social frontiers; sustainable development; business externalities
2.4 Ecosystem services and biodiversity; stakeholders' involvement; environmental and social management in companies; sustainability reports; evaluation and sustainable investments.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carmina Simion Simescu Martinho Nunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Haski-Leventhal, D. Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Tools and Theories for Responsible Management, Sage Publications, 2018.
Arlen W. Langvardt, A. James Barnes, Jamie Darin Prenkert, Martin A. McCrory, Joshua E. Perry, Business Law: The Ethical, Global, And E-Commerce Environment, McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.
Joseph Sarkis, Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain in Business and Management series, edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
Carroll, A.B. , Carroll's pyramid of CSR: taking another look. , Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility 1, 3., 2016
BOATRIGHT, John R. - Ethics and the conduct of business. 4th ed.. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 2003.
Mark Anthony Camiller, Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: An Introduction to Theory and Practice with Case Studies, Springer International Publishing, 2017.