AEM 2555

Corporate Sustainability: The Business Challenge

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

This course provides an overview of the area of corporate sustainability, with particular emphasis on the finance industry. The focus will be on understanding how a growing recognition of the importance of sustainability affects corporate behavior. Through a combination fo classroom presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, and individual writing assignments, students will develop critical thinking and writing skills while they learn about the most important themes in corporate sustainability, including:

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: First-Year Writing Seminar or equivalent.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)
Satisfies Requirement Satisfies CALS written expression requirement and Dyson Grand Challenges writing requirement.

• Identify the key trends in the area of corporate sustainability, as well as the risks and opportunities that arise from a growing public awareness of the impacts of corporate activity.
• Recognize sustainability risks associated with particular corporate activities and will be able to propose actions that mitigate these risks.
• Critically examine the interactions between corporate entities and their peers, their regulators, the public, and their other stakeholders, and to recognize opportunities for improving the outcomes of these interactions.
• Recognize controversial issues in business ethics, will analyze the issues critically, and will convincingly articulate their personal views on the issues.

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