Macquarie University - Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable
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Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable at Coursera Overview
Duration | 27 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 3 of 4 in the Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 27 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable at Coursera Course details
- It is no longer acceptable for organisations to focus entirely on financial success if they are to be competitive on the global stage. As corporate scandals continue to make headlines, you will expand your strategic thinking beyond your organisation?s competitive financial environment to consider its broader impact on society. You will grapple with the conflicting outcomes of maximising financial return and societal impact as you develop the skills to create a balance that is sustainable. Through structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will gain an appreciation of how important sustainability will be for every organisation in the future ? and how to achieve it.
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable at Coursera Curriculum
The nature of sustainability
Course welcome and introduction
Week 1 outline
The origins of sustainability
The sustainable development goals
Business and the sustainable development goals
Course overview
Learning activities and assessment
Explore further resources 1
Practice exercises 1
Recall: The nature of sustainability
Week 1 quiz
Concerns with business impacts
Week 2 outline
Industrialisation
Neoliberalism
Globalisation and multinational corporations (MNCs)
Explore further resources 2
Practice exercises 2
Recall: Sustainability and business impacts
Week 2 quiz
Strategic responses to sustainability
Week 3 outline
Organisational ethics programs
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Market-based environmentalism
Explore further resources 3
Practice exercises 3
Recall: Strategic responses to sustainability
Week 3 quiz
The difficulty of being ethical in organisations
Week 4 outline
Are some managers evil?
Bureaucratic organisations and amorality
Authority, role following, and the loss of ethics
Explore further resources 4
Practice exercises 4
Recall: The difficulty of being ethical in organisations
Week 4 quiz
New and emerging sustainable business strategies
Week 5 outline
Socially responsible investing
Social entrepreneurship
Cross-sector sustainability partnerships
Explore further resources 5
Practice exercises 5
Recall: New and emerging sustainable business strategies
Week 5 quiz
Taking sustainable strategy forward
Week 6 outline
Organisational level resources and strategies
Resisting unsustainable workplaces
Raising value issues at work
Explore further resources 6
Practice exercises 6
Recall: Taking sustainability strategy forward
Week 6 quiz
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