| CODE | ISD2101 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Environmental Management for Business | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will commence by examining the fundamental issues – economic, political, legal and social – facing business in the context of environmentalism today. It will then examine the impacts human, and in particular business activity, exerts on the natural environment. This will be provided within the Maltese and international context and will include an analysis of the anthropogenic, and particularly industrial impacts, on land, water, waste generation and air pollution as well as climate change. This section will also seek to make students aware of the dependence of business activity on the environment. The study-unit will then examine the relationship between the environment and economics and that between trade and the environment. The study-unit will then examine the development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and what this means for modern businesses. It will then scrutinize the tools utilised by government to enforce businesses to take account of the externalities caused by their actions. Finally, an analysis of how a business can respond to the increasing environmental concerns of their customers whilst at the same time reduce costs while maintaining quality will be presented. Pitfalls to be avoided e.g. green washing will also be studied. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is for students to appreciate the relationship between business activity and environmental impacts and how it is possible for the two to survive and also thrive together. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Define and explain the impacts imposed on the environment by anthropogenic and specifically industrial activity, including the different terminology or jargon used in this area; • Define and explain environmental problems from an economic point of view include the environmental impacts of trade; • Define and explain the different existing tools used by businesses that serve to include the environment in the decision making process. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Analyse and demonstrate how environmentalism has affected the political, economic, social and legal environment facing businesses today; • Apply tools like corporate social responsibility, environmental management systems, eco-labelling and eco-certification and explore how these can be used to promote the environmental ethics while at the same time retaining the value provided to customers; • Build their group working, reporting and presentation skills. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: • Barrow, C.J. (1999) Environmental management. Principles and practices. Routledge. • Barrow, C.J. (2006) Environmental management for sustainable development. Routledge. • Strasser, Kurt, A. (2011). Myths and realities of business environmentalism. Good works, good business or greenwash? Edward Elgar pub. • Worthington, I. & Britton, C. (2000) The Business Environment. Ft Prentice Hall. • Dahlstrom, R. (2011) Green Marketing management. South Western/Cengage Learning. • OECD (2007) Business and the environment. Policy incentives and corporate responses. OECD. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Currently reading for a Degree/Diploma in Business Management | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar & Independent Study | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Margaret Camilleri Fenech |
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