Description du cours
Intitulé de l'Unité d'Enseignement
Ethics and Sustainability
Code de l'Unité d'Enseignement
22SH024
Année académique
2023 - 2024
Cycle
MASTER
Nombre de crédits
5
Nombre heures
60
Quadrimestre
1-2
Pondération
Site
Anjou
Langue d'enseignement
Anglais
Enseignant responsable
RUWET Coline
Objectifs et contribution de l'Unité d'Enseignement au programme
There are two AA for this course:
(1) 22SH020 – A – Business ethics and Sustainability (60%)
(2) 22SH020 – B – Sustainability Challenge (40%)
Three main objectives are linked to this course:
(1) Connect
- Identify individual and collective values
- Expand the sensitivity to the living world, be it human and other-than-human beings
- Differentiate descriptive and normative statements, short-term problems and long-term consequences
- Identify and empathize with the various voices (or stakeholders) and take them into account while making decisions
(2) Think
- Develop an understanding of and a critical approach to Sustainability. Understand the semantic and operational ambiguities inherent in the concept and the diversity of its tools, without being naive and/or cynical
- Develop the ability to be accountable for one’s choices and implement their ethical choices accurately and concisely, while being aware of the objections to their decisions that could arise
- Express and communicate one's thoughts in a coherent and structured way with a critical perspective
- Understand the forthcoming deep and systemic changes linked with issues at the global and local scale such as climate breakdown, biodiversity loss or the rise of social inequalities and trigger meaningful actions for adaptation and mitigation
(3) Act
- Develop a critical perspective on the limitations of a “questionable solution” taking into account a systemic and ethical approach
- Formulate problems properly and suggest potential solutions referring to different theoretical inputs (in-ex novations, holistic approach, strong sustainability, typology of sustainable models, resilience…)
- Innovate with regards to contemporary sustainability challenges
(2) 22SH020 – B – Sustainability Challenge (40%)
- Take place in May, 21-24, 2024
- Student groups will develop and defend entrepreneurial solutions to societal issues.
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Prérequis et corequis
None
Description du contenu
- General introduction: ethics and the challenges of our times
- Defining ethics, ethical issues and ethical decision making
- Sustainability: critical perspective and system thinking.
- Sustainability oriented innovations and ex-novations. Grassroot innovations. The 5Ps of Sustainability. Deeo adaptation
Méthodes pédagogiques
Ethics and Sustainability: Fundamentals
The oral lessons are dedicated to ex-cathedra presentations, case studies, group work, experts’ conferences and testimony of professionals. It is strongly advisable to take an active part in the course to work actively with your group, benefit from a concrete approach through illustrations and examples developed during the course. These illustrations will not necessarily be included in the documents distributed.
The Sustainability Challenge will take place in May, 21-24, 2024. Student groups will develop and defend viable solutions to societal issues presented by organizations (business, non-profit organizations, social enterprises, etc.). Teaching method: 3 or 4-day seminar in the end of May - design sprint - agile method and lean startup - team work - mix of plenary sessions, coaching and group work in/out situs or online if there is a health crisis
Sustainability Challenge
Teaching method : 4-day seminar – design sprint – agile method and lean startup – team work – mix of plenary sessions, coaching and group work in situs (Online only in case of health crisis).
- Attendance at the entire seminar is compulsory.
Mode d'évaluation
Ethics and Sustainability: Fundamentals
The final assessment is based on an individual portfolio.
“A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress, and achievements in one or more areas of the curriculum. It should represent a collection of students' best work or best efforts, student-selected samples of (work) experiences related to outcomes being assessed, and documents according growth and development toward mastering identified outcomes.
Discussion and active participation will be very important in this course It's only through sharing and confronting opinions and ideas that you can forge your own values and convictions and develop knowledge in this field. The participation will thus be fully part of the final evaluation.
The student is considered as an independent, self-organised learner. We expect every student to prepare the readings and homeworks in order to be able to contribute as actively as he/she can to the discussions in class. Moreover, students’ acquisition of knowledge will be assessed using an individual oral exam.
Sustainability Challenge
Type of assessment : Individual participation, intermediate deliverables, pitching of the final solution in front of a jury of experts and communication exercise in 90 sec.
- August session: individual work (contact: laurent.lahaye@ichec.be)
There are two AA linked to this course, for each of them there is a specific assessment of your work:
(1) Business ethics and Sustainability: theory (60%)
First session (January 2024)
Active participation (20%),
- Active participation to the mandatory seminars (attendance list)
- Meet the deadlines for the assignments
Individual e-portfolio with specific assignments:
- Written document (40%)
- Oral exam (40%)
Detailed instructions concerning the deadlines as well as the work content will be presented in the first lecture and available on the Moodle website of the course.
Second session (August 2023)
Individual portfolio
- Written document (50%)
- Oral exam (50%)
(2) Sustainability Challenge: seminar (40%)
Type of assessment: Intermediate deliverables by group, attendance, and participation, pitching of the final solution in front of a jury of experts and communication exercise in 90 sec.
Second session (August 2024)
Individual work.
Please contact laurent.lahaye@ichec.be for instructions.
Méthode de calcul
Lorsqu'une unité d'enseignement (UE) comporte plusieurs activités d'apprentissage (AA), la note globale pour l'UE est calculée comme suit :
- Si toutes les notes obtenues pour les différentes activités d'apprentissage sont supérieures ou égales à 10/20, la note globale sera la moyenne arithmétique pondérée (en fonction de l'importance relative de chacune des AA dans l'UE) de ces notes.
- Si au moins une des notes obtenues pour une AA est inférieure à 10/20, la note globale sera alors la moyenne géométrique pondérée des notes des AA.
Références bibliographiques
No manual for this lecture but specific articles and references (see moodle website for details)