Research Seminar "Sustainability Aspects of International Management"

2021/2022

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент стратегического и международного менеджмента

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 2 модуль

Преподаватели

Аким Михаил Эдуардович

Роулинс Томас Эдвард

Course Syllabus

Abstract

In ‘CSR and Aspects of Sustainability in International Management’, students will debate and discuss the topic of corporate social responsibility and sustainability from different, often opposing, ethical perspectives. Using the seminars to create a theoretical framework that supports such perspectives, the lectures will focus on current examples of ESG practices. The module begins with the conceptualisation of CSR and sustainability, followed by a detailed examination of the interdependent forces that steer ethical decision-making in business and in management. While appreciating the reality of ESG practices, we also focus on the impact that managerial authority has both on individual and organisational integrity, and on the operationalisation of CSR, sustainability, and our own social responsibility in management.

Learning Objectives

• The learning objective of this module is to help students develop, systematize and openly defend their own positions on the corporate social responsibility of business and their own social responsibility in management, supported by a framework of business ethics and analytical philosophy.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Gain a clearer understanding of the moral philosophy of business and a deeper appreciation of the role that management plays in ESG practices today

Course Contents

• Corporate Social Responsibility: problems with conceptualisation
• Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line
• Ethical decision-making and ‘doing the right thing’: Normative ethics and rational choice theory
• International Management: Globalization and de-globalization
• The globalization of sourcing, manufacturing, distributing, selling and servicing – impact on society and environment
• ESG and globalization. Decarbonization. Global business risks and trends
• Managing risk and disruption 2020
• Climate change across the globe
• Human influence contributing to changes in weather and climate extremes. IPCC
• Technology management in global scale
• Impact of new technologies on the structure of the international business and its sustainability
• Business process and models on transformation toward circular economy
• Agriculture and forest sector – ESG transformation
• Energy transition
• US and Europe environmental agenda
• ESG impact on China business trends
• China as a “global factory” - world class manufacturing in China. Offshoring & reshoring
• ESG impact on Russian companies. Globalization trends and challenges

Assessment Elements

• Written assignments and individual video presentations
  Each student would be assigned to analyze a company from S&P 500. To draft recommendation(s) for the given company in a form of a short written assignment 50 words on WHAT they would recommend and then a 1 min video pitching these recommendations to the board of the company explaining WHY they should act according to these recommendations. The peer review would then assess the recommendations and the pitch.
• Exam
  The examination will take place online using the StartExam platform and will consist of a moderated cross-peer review of the students’ written assignments and video presentations.

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.3 * Written assignments and individual video presentations + 0.7 * Exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis, & Alexei Marcoux. (2018). The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics. Routledge.
• Wolfgang Lehmacher. (2017). The Global Supply Chain : How Technology and Circular Thinking Transform Our Future. Springer.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Friedman, M. (DE-588)118535625, (DE-627)079335764, (DE-576)161016375, aut. (2002). Capitalism and freedom Milton Friedman; with the assistance of Rose D. Friedman; with a new preface by the author.
• Matthew C. Klein, & Michael Pettis. (2020). Trade Wars Are Class Wars : How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace. Yale University Press.
• Weber, M., Livingstone, R., Owen, D. S., & Strong, T. B. (2004). The Vocation Lectures : ’science As a Vocation, “politics As a Vocation.” Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=526579