Ethics and CSR

5.00 credits

30.0 h + 10.0 h

Teacher(s)

Truyens Vincent;

Language

French

Main themes

Issues of sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Global context: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Doughnut Theory, origin of global crises.
Ethics and personal values. Reflections on the impact and the “raison d’être” of the company and its actors.
Materiality matrix and stakeholder mapping.
Systemic approach and decision-making support.
Discovery of key concepts, tools, standards and indicators in CSR with a focus on the B Corp label.
Regenerative leadership: reconnection with the “living” to inspire the transition from a “classic” model to a sustainable model. “The Regenerative Leadership DNA”.
Innovative business models: circular, regenerative, functional economy, etc.
Governance, management and social innovation in times of planetary challenges.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the class, the student will be able to: take a step back from "classic" economic models and take a critical look at a company's activity by putting it in perspective in relation to criteria of sustainable development (social, economic and environmental) and integrity. identify all the stakeholders of an organization assess the consequences of decisions taken in companies in terms of personal (ethical) and societal (impacts) responsibility develop "systemic" thinking by identifying all the interdependencies existing between the activity of a company and the whole of society upstream and downstream. act "in all conscience" as a responsible individual within the company, measuring the scope of his actions.

Bibliography

« Ecophilosophie », Charlotte Luyckx, 2020
« Earth for All, A Survival Guide for Humanity", Club of Rome (S Dixson Declève, O Gaffney, J Gosh, J Randers, J Rockstrôm, P Espen Stoknes)
« Manuel de la Grande Transition", Campus de la Transition, Groupe Fortes, 2020
« La Vérité sur l'Anthropocène", N. Wallenhorst, 2020
« Regenerative Leadership, the DNA of liefe-affirming 21st century orgaiszations », G. Hurchins & L. Storm, 2019
« Doughnut Economics », K. Raworth, 2017
« Ecologie intégrale. Pour une société permaculturelle », C Ansperger, D. Bourg, 2019
« Reinventing Organizations », F. Laloux, 2014
« The Green Swans », John Elkington, 2020
« The Age of Respinsability, CSR 2.0 », W. Visser, 2012
« La métode Lance », N. Lance 2020

Faculty or entity

CLSM

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Learning outcomes

Bachelor : Business Engineering

INGM1BA

Bachelor in Management

GESM1BA