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The Sustainable Business Challenge
Tutors:Liz Walley (Unit leader) [email protected]: http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/staff/staffdetails.php?uref=12 Karen Greig [email protected]:http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/staff/staffdetails.php?uref=433
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Outline
• Summary of the unit and topics taught• Unit delivery• Assessment and resources (core text)• Employability
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3 Pillars
Three Pillars
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Topics covered in the unit
• Concepts of corporate sustainability• Corporate environmental strategy• Sustainable business models: natural capitalism;
triple bottom line, the natural step, industrial ecology, cradle-to-cradle
• Sustainable products & production• Sustainable consumption & marketing• Environmentalism & sceptical approaches• Green managers and green entrepreneurs
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Unit Delivery
• Taught/delivered over 10 weeks, 4 hours per week
• Unit is delivered jointly by Liz Walley & Karen Greig, roughly 50/50.
• In 2010/11 the unit was delivered in term 2 on Wednesdays , 11am -1pm & 2pm – 4pm
• Each week is a mixture of lectures, tutorials, case studies, etc
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Assessment & Resources
• One individual assignment report, approximately 5000 words. There is a choice of assignment topics and focus
• Core textbook: DesJardins J.R. (2007) ‘Business Ethics and the Environment: imagining a sustainable future’ Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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Employability
• The unit is intended to be relevant for students:– wishing to pursue a specialist environmental
sustainability career path – And to a range of other general business roles
• Student quote, (now working in the environmental industry):“I have realised how relevant and well-rounded the material was. I really believe the concepts I learned and the breadth of material made available to us has given me a sound foundation to begin my career in the industry…”(Alice Boswell BREEM Consultant, Reegen)