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EEO: Sustainability, Business and Values (19BBA00810)

General information

Type:

OP

Curs:

3

Period:

S semester

ECTS Credits:

4 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Ed: 1 Francesc Lozano Winterhalder Ciencias Sociales ENG

Group Teacher Department Language
Ed: 2 Francesc Lozano Winterhalder Ciencias Sociales ENG

Workload distribution

Workload distribution:

- Lectures with discussion, cases: 24h
- Presentation of work classes: 6h

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM




Course Learning Objectives


- To understand the roots of the worldwide environmental crisis and its consequences.
- To be aware of the solutions in front of it.
- To clarify that acting at all level (companies, public sector, private life) is necessary as responsibility and opportunity at the same time.
- To know the worst problem we are facing nowadays al over the world: Climate Change (What is this? Reasons, actions facing the problem?).
- To realize of the necessity of changing our linear economic system to a circular one closing the loop.
- To see a big panorama of the sustainability including worldwide factors, social and ethical aspects.

CONTENT

1. SUSTAINABILITY AS RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY




1.1. Is there an environmental crisis?

1.2. Environmental risk - BP case discussions - Nature is our mother but also our killer - Japan's earthquake and tsunami - Nuclear accident and consequences - Natural risk and consequences

1.3. Why do we have a crisis?

1.4. The ecological footprint - Biodiversity and planet balance - Why is there important biodiversity? Health, food, biotechnology - Ecosystems and business

1.5. Are there any solutions for our environmental crisis? - The role of technology - The case Ford

2. SAVING ENERGY


2.1. What kind of energy do we need? - Renewable and not renewable sources of energy - Discussion in groups and short presentation - Worldwide cases - The case of China - Strategies in front energy challenges - The concept of - negawatts - Global Energy Trends report

2.2. Climate Change - Six Degrees, a National Geographic Report - Climate vs. weather - The Greenhouse Effect - Reasons of our global warming and Climate Change - Consequences - Two key actions - Companies and Climate Change (discussion in groups and sharing results) - Carbon Footprint

3. REDUCING IMPACTS

3.1. Environmental Management Systems and certifications (EMAs, ISO 14001, LEED...)

3.2. Cases, short presentation and discussion

3.3. Impacts into the air, water, soils¿ - The strategy of three ¿r¿ (Reducing, reusing, recycling) ¿ From a linear economic system to a circular economy closing the loop (The zero waste strategy ¿ Imitating nature) ¿ Workshop: transforming our economy.

4. CONSIDERING VALUES AND WORLDWIDE FACTORS


4.1. The Story of Stuff - Discussion in groups and sharing results

4.2. Creating Shared Value (M. Porter) - M. Porter in New York (short video) - SV at Nestlé

4.3. Values - Good practices in sustainability - Responsible consumption - Deep roots of our environmental crisis - From a biological evolution to an ethical one - Towards a holistically sustainable development

Methodology

- Lectures by the professor which aims to generate debate and always. These are illustrated with an important amount of audiovisual support material.

- Presentation of numerous worldwide cases and examples of corporate success in sustainability that can serve as a model for business transformation towards a corporate sustainability.

- Elaboration and presentation of works by students, analyzing sustainability critically into a company or any issue related to this matter..

- Workshops

Assessment criteria


The assessment will be continuously, taking into account the different types of activities ensuring a balanced contribution to the evaluation: attendance (30%) and home/class work presentation (30%) - Final work presentation (40%).


Bibliography


The bibliography and references will be presented at each session.

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Ed: 1 Francesc Lozano Winterhalder Ciencias Sociales

Timetable Ed: 1

Group Teacher Department
Ed: 2 Francesc Lozano Winterhalder Ciencias Sociales

Timetable Ed: 2