Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Устойчивое развитие и ESG практики компаний
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Бизнес-информатика)
Направление:
38.03.05. Бизнес-информатика
Где читается:
Высшая школа бизнеса
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Иванова Екатерина Александровна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Sustainable Development and ESG Practices provides the conceptual and theoretical foundation for a responsible approach to business, particularly in the era of artificial intelligence. Many of the fundamental questions that modern business must ask itself are discussed within this framework: What makes a business sustainable? What kind of value should a business look to create? How does sustainable development change how we think about business success and the way we get results? How should we integrate AI into sustainable development and ESG practices? Is AI capable of acting responsibly? Are the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals achievable? Why is ESG becoming a toxic term? What is the social responsibility of business? How do ESG practices support sustainable development? By applying the framework to recent events and situations, students develop both a theoretical and practical mindset for sustainable development and ESG practices.
Learning Objectives
- Establish a Foundations Framework: To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks within modern business.
- Examine the AI Nexus: To explore the dual role of Artificial Intelligence as both a powerful driver for achieving the UN SDGs and a source of new ethical, operational, and environmental risks.
- Redefine Business Success: To challenge traditional shareholder-primacy mindsets and encourage critical thinking about how businesses measure performance, value creation, and long-term stakeholder impact.
- Analyze Market Realities and Backlash: To investigate the contemporary political, social, and economic critiques surrounding ESG, specifically diagnosing why it has faced backlash and become a controversial or "toxic" term.
- Bridge Theory and Practice: To equip students with practical methodologies, such as materiality assessments and responsible AI integration strategies, by analyzing real-world corporate case studies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- 1) Critical Thinking: Critically analyze and assess the impact of various business practices on sustainability and ESG criteria.
- 2) Holistic Mindset: Formulate and propose comprehensive sustainability and ESG strategies tailored to specific industries or companies using informed decision-making.
- 3) Managerial Dashboarding: Apply tools and techniques from business informatics to collect and interpret data related to sustainability and ESG performance.
- 4) Ethical Consideration: Recognize and evaluate the ethical implications of business decisions related to sustainability and responsibility.
- 5) Collaborative Problem-Solving: Work effectively in teams to propose innovative solutions to real-world sustainability challenges, emphasizing stakeholder engagement and community impact.
Course Contents
- Module 1. Introduction to Sustainable Development and ESG
- Module 2. Future Trends in Responsible Management Practices
- Module 3. The Role of Data Management in Sustainability
- Module 4. Social and Governance: Frameworks and Practices in Sustainability
- Module 5. Environmental: Frameworks and Practices in Sustainability
Assessment Elements
- Colloquiums on team-charter, book world café, cinemalogia and collage (group)See course syllabus for the detailed instructions on these assignments.
- Project “Digital sustainability management” on the ESG-dashboards (group)See course syllabus for the detailed instructions on this assignment.
- Final exam (individual)
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 1st module0.2 * Colloquiums on team-charter, book world café, cinemalogia and collage (group) + 0.3 * Project “Digital sustainability management” on the ESG-dashboards (group) + 0.5 * Final exam (individual)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Principles of management : practicing ethics, responsibility, sustainability, Laasch, O., 2021
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 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
- Scharmer, O., & Kaufer, K. (2013). Leading From the Emerging Future : From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies (Vol. 1st ed). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=591172
- The sustainability mindset principles : a guide to developing a mindset for a better world, Rimanoczy, I., 2021