SCM2202 Principles of Responsible Enterprise: Sustainability, Responsibility, and Ethics

Department

Supply Chain and Information Management

Semester

AY2016/17 Sem 2, AY2017/18 Sem 1, AY2017/18 Sem 2, AY2018/19 Sem 1, AY2018/19 Sem 2, AY2019/20 Sem 1, AY2019/20 Sem 2, AY2019/20 Summer Sem, AY2020/21 Sem 1, AY2020/21 Sem 2, AY2021/22 Sem 1, AY2022/23 Sem 1, AY2022/23 Sem 2

Method

Lecture 3 hours

Cluster

4 (Moral Reasoning)

Prerequisite

Nil

Exclusion

Nil

Module Description

Modern enterprise is obligated to meet increasingly demanding social, environmental, and ethical standards as defined by wider society. To reach enterprise-wide sustainability, responsibility and ethics, a necessary condition is to create a distinct set of managerial competencies. This module provides a theoretically sound and highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible enterprise. It takes a competence-based approach to responsible enterprise and focuses on seven key competencies: contextualizing, conceptualizing, managing, strategizing, implementing, communicating, and innovating. Drawing from the classic background theories such as sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, and ethics, these concepts are applied to the most current business practices. The module also includes a wide variety of tools for change at individual, company and systemic levels.

Module Intended Learning Outcomes (MILO)

Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. appreciate the multidimensional nature of responsible enterprise;
b. critically explore contemporary challenges related to business activities and responsible enterprise;
c. analyze responsible enterprise strategies and tools in a variety of organizational contexts; and
d. apply responsible enterprise theories, principles and tools to examples of business behavior which can lead to change at the organizational and system level.

Module Content

1. Contextualizing

1.1 State of the Planet
1.2 History of Business, Society and
Environment

2. Conceptualizing

2.1 Sustainability
2.2 Responsibility
2.3 Ethics

3. Managing

3.1 Responsible Management Process
3.2 Practice Norms

4. Strategies

4.1 Envisioning Responsible Enterprise
4.2 Strategic Management

5. Implementing

5.1 Implementation Basics
5.2 Main Functions
5.3 Support Functions
5.4 Supply Chain

6. Communicating

6.1 Communicating Responsible Enterprise
6.2 Communication Challenges

7. Innovating

7.1 Innovation for Change
7.2 Individual Change
7.3 Organization Change
7.4 System Change

Assessment Methods

1. Class participation (10 %)
2. Exercises/Assignments (30 %)
3. Project
a. Presentation (10 %)
b. Essay (20 %)
4. Examination (30 %)

Texts & References

Textbook:
1. Laasch, O. & Conaway, R. N. (2016). Responsible business: A textbook for management
learning, competence and innovation (2nd ed.). Sheffield: Greenleaf.

Reference materials:
1. Laasch, O., & Conaway, R.N. (2014)/ Principles of Responsible Management: Glocal
Sustainability, Responsibility, Ethics. Mason; Cengage.
2. Crane, A., Matten, D., & Spence, L. J. (Eds.). (2008). Corporate Social Responsibility:
Readings and Cases in a Global Context. New York: Routledge.
3. Hopkins, H. (Eds.). (2016). CSR and Sustainability. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing.
4. Banerjee, S. B. (2007). Corporate Social Responsibility. MA: Edward Elgar.
5. Crowther, D., & Capaldi, N. (Eds.). (2008). The Ashgate Research Companion to
Corporate Social Responsibility. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
6. Jonker, J., & De Witte, M. (Eds.). (2006). The Challenge of Organizing and
Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Keinert, C. (2008). Corporate Social Responsibility as an International Strategy.
Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag.