E-learning modules

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The Business Sustainability Programme consists of five e-learning (computer based) modules and has been designed to allow the user maximum flexibility.

Users can undertake the programme in their own time, with no limit to the number of times the programme can be undertaken and has the ability for the user to return each time to the point at which they previously left off.

To gain maximum benefit from the programme we do recommend that the modules are undertake in numerical order. However should the user require they can review the modules in any order.

Module 1 – What are Business Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility?

  • Introduction to Business Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility
  • Terminology
  • The Corporate Responsibility timeline
  • The international context
  • Stakeholders
  • Key controversies
  • The role of the business professional
  • Summary
 

Module 2 – What is the business case for Corporate Responsibility?

  • Introduction
  • Market mechanisms
  • Legislation
  • Scope of a company’s responsibilities
  • Challenges
  • Summary
 

Module 3 – Corporate Responsibility in action

  • Introduction
  • Case studies
    • Beverages (Coca-Cola) – Resource management
    • Extraction (Anglo American) – Stakeholder engagement
    • Manufacturing and Retail (GrupoNueva) – Supply chain management and building a sustainable business
    • Telecommunications (Vodafone) – Financial services for the unbanked
    • Automotive (Toyota) - Product innovations for eco-efficiency
  • SME responses
  • Summary

 

Module 4 - How do businesses embed Corporate Responsibility?

  • Introduction
  • Identifying and prioritising stakeholders and issues
  • Developing policies and strategies for Corporate Responsibility
  • Performance measurement and monitoring
  • Communicating progress to stakeholders
  • Summary
 

Module 5 – What will you do? (A personal and corporate action plan)

  • This module concludes the programme by helping you to put theory into action
 

Resource Section

In addition there is a substantial Resource section which features:

  • Key definitions and related terms
  • Weblinks to related organisations and institutes, toolkits and other useful sites
  • Landmark Reports, Policies and Agreements
  • References
  • Additional detail on the content of the first four modules
  • Additional case studies
 

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