Volker Hoffmann: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2024 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Volker Hoffmann |
| Name variants | Volker H. Hoffmann V. Hoffmann Volker Hoffmann |
| Field | Sustainability and Technology |
| Address | Nachhaltigkeit und Technol. D-MTEC ETH Zürich, WEV J 412 Weinbergstr. 56/58 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 05 40 |
| Fax | +41 44 632 10 45 |
| vhoffmann@ethz.ch | |
| Department | Management, Technology, and Economics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 363-0387-00L | Corporate Sustainability | 3 credits | 2G | V. Hoffmann, C. Bening-Bach, B. Girod, L. Miehé | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The lecture explores current challenges of corporate sustainability and prepares students to become champions for sustainable business practices. The module combines asynchronous videos, live sessions, with a group work phase between weeks 5-10 of semester during which students deep-dive into one of 10 sustainability challenges. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students - assess the limits and the potential of corporate sustainability for sustainable development - develop competencies that are useful in the context of corporate sustainability and beyond (analytical competency, critical thinking, problem solving) - recognize and realize opportunities through team work for corporate sustainability in a business environment - present strategic recommendations in teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Corporate Sustainability is the flagship course of the Group for Sustainability and Technology at D-MTEC. In this course, students learn about key concepts in corporate sustainability and develop skills to implement them in the real world. The course prepares students for making well-informed sustainability decisions in their future careers. The course uses constructive alignment to bring the various innovative teaching and learning elements (e.g., case-based experiential learning, reflective thinking and blended learning with videos and quizzes) into a coherent transformational journey. Students can now flexibly, efficiently, and effectively acquire the conceptual foundations that are essential for a substantial understanding of corporate sustainability. For part of the course, students work in groups to complete a set of graded assignments designed to guide them into a deep dive on a selected corporate sustainability challenge. Please note that full participation in this part is essential, so make sure you are available. Furthermore, these group assignments count towards the overall grade for the course. For further details on the course structure etc. visit the following link: http://www.sustec.ethz.ch/teaching/lectures/corporate-sustainability.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Presentation slides will be made available on Moodle after lectures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Literature recommendations will be distributed via Moodle, and are available from the start of the course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | TEACHING FORMAT/ ATTENDANCE: The course includes several mandatory sessions that participants must attend to successfully earn credit points. It is not possible to take the class purely online | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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