Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable
By External Provider
About this course
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.
What you will learn
- Assess business decisions using metrics including financial maximization, shareholder value, customer well-being, and societal impact
- Apply the principles and tools of complex systems thinking to sustainable business challenges and/or opportunities
- Identify and evaluate strategies, processes and leadership techniques that enable successful sustainability transitions in a business context