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Module title:

Sustainability @ leading Companies

Module title (english):

Sustainability @ leading Companies

Module number:

82-021-AC13-H-0507

Level:

Bachelor (UNI)

Course of study:

Type:

Modul

Organising faculty/Language Center:

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Instructors responsible:

Göttsche, Max

Examiners:

Credit points (ECTS):

competencies/skills:

- Students understand the basic concepts of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and international standards and guidelines of sustainability reporting.
- Students gain an understanding of the overriding relationships between corporate performance, sustainability management and sustainability reporting.
- Students analyse the role of communicating and reporting sustainability-related topics to different shareholder and stakeholder groups of a company.
- Students develop a critical approach to analysing corporate sustainability reports and questioning corporate action against the background of their reporting.

course content/topics:

The module provides basic economic knowledge on managerial decisions regarding CSR in management decisions with a focus on CSR-reporting.

Part I Basics of sustainability
Part II The role of business in society
Part III Business and Sustainability
Part IV Sustainability and Reporting
- Basics of sustainability reporting
- Legal background
- Foundation & General Disclosures
- Management Approach & Materiality Assessment
- Disclosure & Reporting Format
- Credibility of Sustainability Reports

formal requirements of admission:

recommended qualifications:

None

Lehr- und Lernformen/Lehrveranstaltungstypen:

Lecture and workgroups

requirements for the attainment of ECTS points:

Written paper and presentations

workload/distribution of ECTS points within the module:

20 h = Time of attendance lecture
50 h = Preparation and postprocessing lecture
70 h = Paper
10 h = Workshops
150 h = Total workload

calculation of module marks:

- Paper 60 %
- Presentation 1 20 %
- Presentaiton 2 20%

teaching/learning method:

compatibility with other courses of study:

Turnus des Angebots:

Beteiligte Fachgebiete:

Bemerkung:

Alternative examination: Portfolio (100%). The indicated examination type (portfolio) will be offered as an alternative to the examination type that is indicated in the module description. This decision is based on the statutes on deviation from examination regulations in connection with limitation to the examination practice caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The details of this alternative examination type will be explained in class and uploaded in ILIAS.