wir902 Perspectives and Instruments of Corporate Sustainability (Complete module description)

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- Knowledge on the basic concepts and strategies of sustainability management related to corporate practice: * Sustainability: Basic concepts, strategies, * Domestic and international challenges for business, * Business case for sustainable development, * Integrative concepts of sustainable corporations, * Sustainable strategies, * Management instruments - Discussing topics of international sustainability management with students from different scientific disciplines. - Ability to present and evaluate different concepts and instruments of international sustainability management

This module consists of a one lecture and one seminar (2 weekly contact hours per lecture/seminar) dealing with basic concepts and strategies of sustainability management within corporations. Both, lecture and seminar give an overview of current sustainability strategies for companies and present a variety of instruments to integrate and initiate sustainable development within corporations. While the lecture focuses more on theoretical approaches and introduces basic concepts of corporate sustainability management, the seminar provides a variety of case studies and business cases to demonstrate different concepts and instruments of sustainability management. The seminar provides the possibilities for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange and discussions.

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