Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Aspects of Environmental Policy

Catalog description

This graduate-level course is designed for students pursuing leadership or managerial roles in organizations across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors involved with shaping or making environmental policy. Special attention will be given to practice at the intersections of law, regulation, and ethics, including recent developments in the fields of environmental justice and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. This course is designed for students in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy MS in Environmental and Sustainability Policy program. Other students may only enroll with permission of the instructor. As a graduate-level course, students are expected to have thoroughly read all materials prior to class and be well prepared to discuss readings and cases with colleagues.