ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ECONOMIA DELLA SOSTENIBILITA' E ACCOUNTABILITY
ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ECONOMIA DELLA SOSTENIBILITA' E ACCOUNTABILITY
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2015/2016 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
|---|---|---|
| Mara Del Baldo | To be announced at the beginning of lessons |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
This course aims to familiarize students with the main fundamentals, terminology and management instruments relative to the concept of sustainability and corporate social responsibility applied to the company and territorial context.
It furthermore proposes to develop students’ knowledge of accounting instruments used by organizations (of every size and nature – public, private and non profit) to actively report and request that other firms do the same concerning economic, social, environmental and ethical responsibility in the running of their businesses.
Program
It will be inserted on the Moodle Platform
PROGRAM/CONTENT
The three-sided concept of sustainability: economic, social and environmental.
Sustainable modernity: competitiveness, value-centered management of relations with stakeholders; the concept of the company’s overall development.
The concept of corporate social responsibility and its evolution (towards an economy of the civic sector).
National and international standards and models for economic, social and environmental reporting.
Integrated reporting.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students’ familiarity with and understanding of the concept of sustainability (economic, social and environmental).
Students’ familiarity with and understanding of the concept of the social responsibility of firms.
Students’ familiarity with and understanding of the standards and the instruments of social, environmental and ethical reporting.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Extra activities organized to support teaching and learning
Teaching take place in the form of seminar-style lessons the dates of which will be agreed upon with the class members at the beginning of the course.
Extra activities organized to support te
Teaching support Activities
Besides the seminar-style lectures speakers may come in to share their own corporate case studies. Group work (focus groups and team work ) may be organized to deepen participants’ knowledge of certain topics and allow them to apply it to concrete cases.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Teaching take place in the form of seminar-style lessons the dates of which will be agreed upon with the class members at the beginning of the course.
- Attendance
Recommended
- Course books
At the beginning of the course materials will be assigned and information provided on how to procure them; these will include electronic-based materials (ppt presentations); journal articles; documents downloaded from company sites (GRI; GBS) as well as paper-based materials (articiles; book chapters).
- Assessment
Oral Exam
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Same (see information for attending students)
- Course books
Same (see information for attending students)
- Assessment
Same (see information for attending students)
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
Notes for Non-Attending students
Consult the materials provided online.
The same teaching materials and the identical method of assessment organized for attending students will be valid for non-attending ones.
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