Ethical And Sustainable Business

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It is not possible to register for the course DA-ESB if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course DD-DSE (mutually exclusive courses).

It is not possible to register for the course DA-ESB if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course DD-DSE (mutually exclusive courses).

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Department of Software Engineering

Synopsis:

This course covers corporate responsibility, morality and sustainability. It has three main parts:

Part 1: Ethics and morality in business History of ethics in business Origins, stakeholder theory, basic philosophy Utilitarianism vs Kantian approaches Behavioural economic.

Part 2: Corporate responsibility and sustainability in theory Shared value creation, social profit, social entrepreneurship Sustainable HR Circular Economy Green Deal and CSRD New business models for sustainability.

Part 3: Corporate responsibility and sustainability in practice Implementing sustainability in the value chain of a company: products, operations, organisation and HR How to apply a management approach to sustainability.

Teaching takes place at University Antwerpen. See the web page https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/study/programmes/all-programmes/digital-business-engineering/about-the-programme

Requirements:

Written examination without oral presentation (open-question).

Syllabus of lectures:

See the web page https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/study/programmes/all-programmes/digital-business-engineering/about-the-programme/study-programme/

Syllabus of tutorials:

See the web page https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/study/programmes/all-programmes/digital-business-engineering/about-the-programme/study-programme/

Study Objective:

Written examination without oral presentation (open-question).

Study materials:

See the web page https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/study/programmes/all-programmes/digital-business-engineering/about-the-programme/study-programme/

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Further information:

https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/study/programmes/all-programmes/digital-business-engineering/about-the-programme/study-programme/

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master Specialization Digital Business Engineering, 2023 (compulsory elective course)