This module is designed to establish students’ comprehensive understanding of concepts and theories in business ethics, responsible business and sustainability in a global context, and thereby able to 1) discuss evidence of how multinational corporations can be both the problem and the solution for social and environmental problems in society, and 2) analyse how stakeholders and the institutional dynamics at home and host country shape the sustainability performance of multinational corporations .
During the lectures, students will be introduced to concepts and theories in business ethics, responsible business, and sustainability, such as ethical dilemma, the straw man approach to business ethics , corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate sustainability performance (CSP), the triple bottom line, environmental social and governance (ESG) matrix, equality diversity and inclusion (EDI), pollution halo, pollution haven, Porter hypothesis, shareholder value theory, stakeholder theory, institutional theory.