Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Duration:
1 Teaching Period
Unit Code:
BUS10014
Contact Hours:
Recommended 10 hours of study per week
About this unit
Australian and global businesses play a critical role in sustainability and social change. This unit will equip students to navigate the complex connection between business activities and their effect on the environment and society. They will learn to create a positive impact through how they plan and implement their future business initiatives. They will be guided by Indigenous knowledge systems as they strive to achieve social and planetary wellbeing and become a leader of positive change in industry.
Content
- The histories of sustainability and social impact: the rise of the Australian and global wicked problems
- The ethics of sustainability and social impact, historical issues with the Australian global wicked problems
- Social change and impact – the contemporary social economy and doing social ecological good
- Social impact across sectors
- Using local and global frameworks and tools for evaluating and measuring social impact
- The historical and contemporary values of leadership for social change reflecting the goals of a just and reconciled nation
- Sustainability and social impact: the role of public sector and a civil and just society to mitigate the local and global effects of climate change
- Predicting the future of business, social change and impact.