2026/2027
Управление корпоративной устойчивостью в многополярном мире
Статус:
Маго-лего
Где читается:
Высшая школа бизнеса
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Иванова Екатерина Александровна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This online course explores key issues and recent discussions within the field of regenerative management and organizational sustainability, through theoretical and practical perspectives. Students will learn cutting-edge frameworks and tools for understanding how organizations can move beyond conventional corporate sustainability toward truly regenerative models — restoring ecosystems, strengthening communities, and creating shared value — while navigating the complexities of an increasingly multipolar world.
Spanning strategy, communication, evolving geopolitical dynamics, and governance across diverse regulatory landscapes, the course grapples with critical issues such as ecological restoration, social equity, climate resilience, and ethical leadership in contexts where competing global powers shape the rules of business. It balances incisive critique of existing paradigms with actionable pathways for regenerative transformation.
The course, supported by case studies, guest speakers, and experiential learning projects, equips students to design and lead organizations that thrive amid geopolitical complexity while contributing positively to planetary and social well-being. As a student-centered discipline designed with the application of the most innovative pedagogies, the course focuses on creating a rich experience through action, reflection, and learning — aiming to develop a new generation of regenerative leaders with a holistic mindset.
The course rests on a multi-disciplinary approach and requires profound ecological awareness, the development of systems thinking (knowing), combined with emotional (feeling) and spiritual (being) intelligence — competencies essential for stewarding organizations that regenerate rather than deplete in a world defined by shifting centers of power.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a mindset for responsible leaders managing corporate sustainability: a lens through which to analyze information in the contemporary globalized world and make business decisions for the sake of a thriving society and flourishing planet.
- 1) Knowing dimension: develop awareness and understanding of the contemporary challenges in the framework of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and major theories on corporate sustainability management;
- 2) Thinking dimension: develop systems and innovative thinking based on creativity, on both-and logic, long term thinking, applying principles of cyclical flow and interconnectedness;
- 3) Being dimension: learn about self and others by reflecting about values anchoring our identity, unexplored assumptions, habits of mind and creating/identifying student's personal mission;
- 4) Engage in action to make a difference: inspire to change habits and shape a new lifestyle for themselves.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- 1) Develop a global mindset for corporate sustainability management, integrating knowledge of international business dynamics with sustainability principles to make responsible decisions in a complex, interconnected world.
- 2) Analyze contemporary global sustainability challenges within the framework of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and evaluate their implications for corporate sustainability management across different cultural and economic contexts.
- 3) Apply systems thinking and innovative approaches to corporate sustainability management, considering long-term impacts and cross-border interdependencies in multinational business operations.
- 4) Critically assess the roles and strategies of various global actors in corporate sustainability, including multinational corporations, international NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, and transnational investors.
- 6) Develop competencies in implementing and managing global sustainability initiatives, including cross-cultural sustainability reporting, international sustainability partnerships, and sustainable business model innovation for diverse markets.
- 5) Evaluate key global corporate sustainability issues such as human rights in supply chains, climate change mitigation, anti-corruption practices, and sustainable development in emerging markets.
- 7) Cultivate leadership skills for driving corporate sustainability in a globalised context, including cross-cultural communication, managing diverse teams, and navigating the complexities of sustainability implementation across different regulatory environments.
- 1) Develop a regenerative mindset for organizational management, integrating knowledge of multipolar geopolitical dynamics with regenerative principles to make responsible decisions in a complex, interconnected world.
- 2) Analyze contemporary global sustainability and regenerative challenges, evaluating their implications for managing regenerative organizations across different cultural, economic, and geopolitical contexts shaped by shifting centers of power.
- 3) Apply systems thinking (knowing), emotional (feeling), and spiritual (being) intelligence to regenerative organization management, considering long-term ecological and social impacts and cross-border interdependencies in a multipolar landscape.
- 4) Critically assess the roles and strategies of various global actors in advancing regenerative practices, including multinational corporations, international NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, and transnational investors operating across competing spheres of influence.
- 5) Evaluate key regenerative management issues such as ecological restoration, social equity, climate resilience, ethical leadership, and sustainable development in diverse regulatory and geopolitical environments.
- 6) Develop competencies in designing and implementing regenerative initiatives, including cross-cultural sustainability reporting, international partnerships for regenerative transformation, and innovative business models that restore ecosystems and strengthen communities across diverse markets.
- 7) Cultivate leadership skills for stewarding regenerative organizations in a multipolar world, including cross-cultural communication, managing diverse teams, navigating competing regulatory frameworks, and driving organizational models that regenerate rather than deplete planetary and social well-being.
Course Contents
- Corporate Sustainability – What It Is and Why It Matters
- Corporate Sustainability: Approaches
- Corporate Sustainability: Actors
- Corporate Sustainability: Processes
- Corporate Sustainability: Issues
- Corporate Sustainability: Future Trends and Opportunities
Assessment Elements
- Case studies on corporate sustainability management (individual & team)
- Course attendance
- Reflections on the experiential learning (individual)
- Book world café and cinemalogia (individual)
- ESG-dashboard (team)
- E-Portfolio: using contemplative photography to develop a sustainability mindset (individual)
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 4th module0.05 * Course attendance + 0.25 * E-Portfolio: using contemplative photography to develop a sustainability mindset (individual) + 0.2 * Reflections on the experiential learning (individual) + 0.1 * Book world café and cinemalogia (individual) + 0.1 * Case studies on corporate sustainability management (individual & team) + 0.25 * ESG-dashboard (team)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Corporate sustainability : managing responsible business in a globalised world, , 2023
- Costanza, R. (1994). The ecology of commerce: a declaration of sustainability : Paul Hawken. Harper Business, New York, 1993, 250 pp., ISBN 0-88730-655-1. Ecological Economics, (3), 251. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.ecolec.v11y1994i3p251.253
- Green swans : the coming boom in regenerative capitalism, Elkington, J., 2021
- Heckman, L. (2009). Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose——Doing Business by Respecting the Earth. Library Journal, 134(17), 87. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=44668871
- Michel Dion, R. Edward Freeman, Sergiy D. Dmytriyev. Humanizing Business: What Humanities Can Say to Business. 53. 1st ed.Springer Nature; 2022
- Pauli, G. A. (2010). The Blue Economy : 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs. Taos, NM: Redwing Books [Paradigm Publications Imprint]. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=483120
- Principles of management : practicing ethics, responsibility, sustainability, Laasch, O., 2021
- Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut Economics : Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1850087
- Revolutionizing sustainability education : stories and tools of mindset transformation, , 2022
- Schumacher, E. F. (2007). Small Is Beautiful. Bloomsbury Business Library - Management Library, 94. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=26659637
- Sternad, D., Kennelly, J. J., & Bradley, F. (2017). Digging Deeper : How Purpose-Driven Enterprises Create Real Value (Vol. First edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1592336
- The power of and : responsible business without trade-offs, Freeman, R. E., 2020
- Wicks, J. (2013). Good Morning, Beautiful Business : The Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local-Economy Pioneer. White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1850060
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 9781000204766 - Isabel Rimanoczy - The Sustainability Mindset Principles : А Guide to Developing а Mindset for а Better World - 2020 - Routledge - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2574742 - nlebk - 2574742
- 9781000533927 - Ekaterina Ivanova - Revolutionizing Sustainability Education - 2022 - Routledge - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=3002024 - nlebk - 3002024