Responses to Climate Change (IE 5517) - 15 credits
Delivered by IfE, in term 2 (approx. 2 hrs/week for 12 weeks)
Main aims of the module:
The aim of this module is to provide an integrated view of how societies can achieve greater levels of sustainability through legislative, voluntary and market-led initiatives. This will be achieved by evaluating economic activity through the triple-bottom-line, and exploring the ways that modern day corporate actors will need to adapt their activity to meet increasingly stringent targets to minimize future climate change.
Main topics of study:
The relationship between business and society; theories and concepts of sustainable development; corporate social responsibility; corporate governance; governmental, business and societal responses to climate change; role and actions of the non-profit sector; role and actions of government.
Learning activities:
Seminars with experts in the field and group discussion tutorials.
Assessment methods:
2 coursework assignments
