Complexity, paradoxes and ethics (2235.YR.015552.1)
General information
Type: |
OBL |
Curs: |
1 |
Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
3 ECTS |
Teaching Staff:
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 1 |
Tobias Hahn |
Ciencias Sociales |
ENG |
Course Learning Objectives
The purpose of this class is to equip students with the mindset and skills to take into account the complexity and interlinkages of sustainability challenges.
- Provide students with different integrative perspectives to address the challenges of business sustainability
- Learn how sustainability can be used as a generative forward-looking tool (imagined futures)
- Get acquainted with systems thinking and how it can be leveraged for addressing the complexity of business sustainability
- Understand the tensions and paradoxes that arise between different sustainability aspects and learn how to navigate them
- Understand the ethical challenges associated with business sustainability and learn about the ethical foundations of decision making around sustainability
Methodology
This class is designed around four mini-intensives, each focusing on one integrative view on sustainability:
1) Imagined futures
2) Systems thinking
3) Paradoxes
4) Ethics
Each of the mini-intensives stretches across two days and invites students to engage deeply with the four integrative perspectives on sustainability.
Assessment criteria
22% Grade for each mini-intensive
12% Capstone integration grade
Timetable and sections
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 1 |
Tobias Hahn |
Ciencias Sociales |
Timetable Year 1
From 2023/10/5 to 2023/10/16:
From Thursday to Friday from 10:30 to 12:00. (Except: 2023/10/12 and 2023/10/13)
Each Monday from 16:00 to 17:00. (Except: 2023/10/9)
From Thursday to Friday from 8:45 to 10:15. (Except: 2023/10/12 and 2023/10/13)
From 2023/10/26 to 2023/11/6:
From Thursday to Friday from 10:30 to 12:00. (Except: 2023/11/2 and 2023/11/3)
Each Monday from 16:00 to 17:00. (Except: 2023/10/30)
From Thursday to Friday from 8:45 to 10:15. (Except: 2023/11/2 and 2023/11/3)
From 2023/11/16 to 2023/12/1:
From Thursday to Friday from 10:30 to 12:00. (Except: 2023/11/23 and 2023/11/24)
From Thursday to Friday from 8:45 to 10:15. (Except: 2023/11/23 and 2023/11/24)
Each Monday from 14:00 to 15:00. (Except: 2023/11/27)
Monday 2023/12/4 from 16:00 to 17:00.
