ECO8010 Corporations and Sustainable Development

Other requisites

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm.

Synopsis

This course examines green management theory in the context of the Rio Principles, Agenda 21, and the International Labour Organization's safe and decent work ethic. Topics may include, but not be limited to, green management theory; environmental management systems for business; sustainable development opportunities for business; green profits and sustainability - business as unusual; global initiatives in sustainable business; green skills, safe and decent work, the just transition to sustainable development; and the role of business in the global sustainable development initiatives of intergovernmental agencies such as the Commission for Sustainable Development.

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