Business Sustainability

Catalog description

According to the United Nations, sustainable development is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” – un.org. This course explores a systems approach to business by incorporating the people-planet-profits model as the foundation for understanding sustainability in general and as it applies to business. Through a variety of activities, students examine how business can be a catalyst for positive change in a world of finite resources while benefiting all stakeholders and providing a long-term competitive advantage. Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer