Магистратура
2023/2024
Ответственный бизнес и устойчивое развитие
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Управление в сфере науки, технологий и инноваций)
Направление:
38.04.02. Менеджмент
Кто читает:
Департамент образовательных программ
Где читается:
Институт статистических исследований и экономики знаний
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Макарова Екатерина Александровна
Прогр. обучения:
Управление в сфере науки, технологий и инноваций
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Profit is the main goal of commercial firms while all other issues seem to be on the second place. However, the phenomenon of responsibility (social and environmental) became one of the most important pillars of business strategies nowadays. And nowadays responsibility shifts from desirable advantage to necessary requirement to companies that try to be successful. The course provides an overview of an ESG and Sustainability framework and how it is integrated in a company’s business processes It examines each component (Environmental, Social and Governance) in detail, and provides an analysis of the way sustainability issues influence companies’ value, brand and financial results
Learning Objectives
- to provide students with understanding of environmental and social issues impact on business and economy
- to improve students’ skills to analyze nonfinancial reports of a company and to determine ESG-related factors influencing it's price
Expected Learning Outcomes
- examine applied measures in ESG area and analyse its' efficiency
- define key elements of business responsibility, ESG and SDGs approaches
- analyse and interpret sustainabitily statements of companies
- elaborate recommendations to companies that allows to increase responsibility and reach financial sustainabitility
- identify measures related to ESG-strategy that influence companies' value and financial statement
- describe evolution of corporate responsibility concept
Course Contents
- Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development and ESG: key issues and Evolution of the Concept. Economic Externalities
- Green Transformation of the Global Economy
- SDGs as Pillars for Corporate Sustainability Strategies
- Corporate Responsibility and Company’s Value: Linkages and Interconnections. Reputational Risk and Green Lobbying
- Global Energy under Pressure of Decarbonization and SDGs Transition. Business Game
- Supply Chain Sustainability
- Green and Sustainable Finance: Key Principles of Successful Deals. ESG Ratings and Reporting
- Case Studies. Final Part of EN-Roads Game
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dirk Schoenmaker, & Willem Schramade. (2019). Principles of Sustainable Finance: Vol. First edition. OUP Oxford.
- McWilliams, A., & Siegel, D. (2001). Corporate Social Responsibility: A Theory of the Firm Perspective. Academy of Management Review, 26(1), 117–127. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2001.4011987
- Strategies for the green economy : opportunities and challenges in the new world of business, Makower, J., 2009
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Rasul, G. (2016). Managing the food, water, and energy nexus for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia. Environmental Development ; Volume 18, Page 14-25 ; ISSN 2211-4645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2015.12.001