EEO: Sustainability, Business and Values (BBA00810)

Dades generals

Tipus:	OP	Curs:	3	Període:	S semestre
Crédits ECTS:	4 ECTS

Professorat:

Grup	Professor	Departament	Idioma
Ed: 1	Francesc Lozano Winterhalder	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

Grup	Professor	Departament	Idioma
Ed: 2	Francesc Lozano Winterhalder	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

Workload distribution:


- Lectures with discussion, cases¿: 18

- Presentation of work classes: 4

- Personal work: 38

Ethics, business ethics and social responsibility

- Social and environmental responsibility for companies, public administration and civil society.
- Company and environmental sustainability. Discussion about sustainable development and company role.
- Integration of CSR evaluation tools and environmental sustainability within business management.

Company leadership, culture and values

- Culture, values and interests of companies and in its integrated management. Culture and values change within companies.
- Methodology and tools of the analysis and work about values in companies and in the society.

Human rights in the company

- Human rights of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation.
- Human rights and development objectives of the millennium.

Sectorial CSR in big and medium-sized companies

- Discussion about the CSR in big and medium-sized companies: The right corporate governance.

1. SUSTAINABILITY AS RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY SUSTAINABILITY AS RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY: Is there any environmental crisis? Environmental risk ¿ BP case discussion - Risk management and successful cases - Why do we have a crisis? Nature is our mother but also our killer ¿ Japan¿s earthquake and tsunami ¿ Nuclear accident and consequences ¿ Natural risk and consequences discussion - The ecological footprint ¿ Biodiversity and planet balance ¿ Why is there important biodiversity? Health, food, biotechnology¿- Business opportunities ¿ The TOURISM SECTOR - Are there any solutions for our environmental crisis? - The role of technology . Readings to discuss: - TUCCI L. (2010) BP¿s risk management strategy put planet in peril - CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH (2010) In the free market BP pays for every cent of the damage it caused - ABC NEWS (2011) Considerable economic impact from Japan quake - BBC NEWS (2011) Explosion at Japan nuclear plant Complementary material: - RSC (2008) Environment Risk assessment - WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2008) Ecosystems and business - WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2011) Guide to Corporate Ecosystems Valuation (CEV) - WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2011) CEV: Developing the business case
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2. SAVING ENERGY SAVING ENERGY: Environmental economy and natural resources ¿ Sources of energy and geostrategic ¿ Renewable and not renewable energies ¿Global energy trends - Biofuels: solution or problem? - Climate Change and the problem of the energy - Global meetings and agreements - The strategy of European Union - Business strategies: Programs ¿acción CO2¿ and ¿eCO2nomía¿ of the Spanish Business Council for Sustainable Development ¿ The ¿negawatts¿ - Cases ¿ The Energy Management System - The case of the company Ford in US ¿illustrated with a 10¿ DVD-. Readings: - Energy Management Systems ¿energy efficiency- - Action CO2: Commitment, actions, reduction and culture of change - Adaptation: Business leadership on Climate Change Links: . EU policy and strategies on Climate Change . UNEP and Climate Change worldwide actions . WBCSD strategies and opportunities on Climate Change and energy
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3. REDUCING IMPACTS REDUCING IMPACTS: Environmental Management Systems (EMAs, ISO 14001) ¿ Low pressures ¿ Responsible consumption¿s pressures - Innovation in process (Cleaner production, eco-efficiency, industrial ecology) - Innovation in product (Life Cycle Analysis) ¿ Image, communication and green consumption ¿ Costs internalization ¿ Best practices in corporate responsibility ¿ The case of Small Medium Enterprises ¿ Innovative experiences for a sustainable future - Complementary material: - The EMAs Regulation. A practical guide - ISO 14000 Essentials - Drivers of Change: Innovative experiences for a sustainable future - European eco-efficiency initiative - Best Practices Catalogue in Corporate Sustainability Links to companies with successful experiences integrating sustainability: . WBCSD: Case studies . Fundación Entorno: Business cases DVD (10¿): ¿Six degrees¿ - National Geographic (2007).
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4. CONSIDERING VALUES AND WORLDWIDE FACTORS CONSIDERING VALUES AND WORLDWIDE FACTORS: Sustainable development as the main challenge for our century - The Story of Stuff - Political, social and cultural aspects ¿ Deep roots of our current environmental crisis - The culture of life: sustainability and values ¿ From a biological evolution to an ethical one - 10 keys to understand the world of future ¿ Silence in the universe. Methodology: - Lectures by the professor in which aims to generate debate and always accompanied by plenty of visual support material. - Presentation of numerous worldwide cases and examples of corporate success that can serve as a model for business transformation to corporate sustainability. - Elaboration and presentation of works by students.
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Basic bibliography:

The bibliography and references will be presented at each session.

Grup	Professor	Departament
Ed: 1	Francesc Lozano Winterhalder	Ciencias Sociales

Grup	Professor	Departament
Ed: 2	Francesc Lozano Winterhalder	Ciencias Sociales