Business Responsibility and Sustainable Development (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The course describes the meaning of business responsibility and sustainability development in local and global business. Students learn the content of those concepts very widely. Students learn to apply the theory of business responsibility and sustainability development to real companies.

After completing the course, the students will be able to:

- Describe the main contents of business responsibility and sustainable development
- Understand the meaning of those perspectives in business life
- Collect, analyze and compare the business responsibility and sustainable development of companies
- Apply the knowledge of business responsibility and sustainability development to real companies business

Content (course unit)

What is the content of business responsibility?
What is the content of sustainability development?
Why are they relevant for the companies?
How can companies tell these things to its stakeholders?
Co-operation project with international partners

Exam schedules

No exams. International Week in week 16 in Portugal 2016

Evaluation methods and criteria

Activity, assignments, presentation, interview, international week.
Self- and group assessment.
40 % of activity, assignments, individual and group work + book essay
20% % of corporate responsibility assignment (report + presentation)and
trip to Leiria (working + results) 40%

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Teaching, Promblem based learning, assignments, interviews, presentations, article work, visit or visitor.
International week is compulsory.

Learning materials

Learning material in Tabula.
Tom Cannon: Corporate Responsibility 2012 (e-book)

Student workload

5 credits. Lots of learning by doing.

Content scheduling

Every week own agenda. Several different themes.
Third period contents information about topics.
Fourth period international week 13.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Students are going to visit some finnish company (they have to find that company themselves) and clear how they operate with the topic.

International connections

2 credits of 5 is coming from that international co-operation.

Further information

The course contents international project of five days in Portugal in spring 2016. The student has to pay 100 - 200 euro own money for travelling and overnights costs. Of course more own money is needed for food etc.
Student has to take part of third periods lessons. It is not possible to participate only the trip.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

No participation or pass of assignments.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently. Student understands the premises and principles of corporate responsibility. Student recognizes aspects of corporate responsibility.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course well although the skills and competences are somewhat in need of further development. Student is able to determine and apply the concepts and models of corporate responsibility well and is able to conduct reasoned analysis.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course excellently. The student masters the concepts and models of corporate responsibility in an excellent manner. Student is able to conduct fluent and reasoned analysis and has good capabilities to apply the learning.