The major in Corporate Sustainability examines the increasing constraints placed on business by both the natural environment and society, and how corporations may create long-term value through innovative responses to these constraints. It is truly multidisciplinary, drawing together insights from management, marketing, accounting, economics, environmental science, law, politics, and philosophy.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates with a major in corporate sustainability major will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of corporate sustainability concepts, issues and practices from multidisciplinary perspectives;
- Exercise critical thinking and judgement to identify and solve corporate sustainability problems;
- Apply theoretical and practical knowledge to analyse sustainability issues in business, market, social, ethical and regulatory context;
- Communicate sustainability knowledge and ideas in a clear and coherent way.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
18 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BUSN3017 | Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting | 6 |
| MGMT2001 | Corporate Sustainability | 6 |
| MGMT3015 | Corporate Strategy | 6 |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT3101 | Business and the Natural Environment | 6 |
| MGMT3102 | Business and its Social Stakeholders | 6 |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 2128: Environmental Economics (P) OR | ||
| ECON 2129: Environmental Economics (H) | ||
| MKTG2002 | Sustainable Marketing | 6 |
18 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANIP3003 | Australian National Internships Program Internship A OR | 6 |
| ANIP3005 | Australian National Internship B | 12 |
| CBEA3070 | ANU College of Business and Economics Internship Project (UG) | 6-12 |
| ECON 2128: Environmental Economics (P) OR | ||
| ECON 2129: Environmental Economics (H) | ||
| ENVS2011 | Human Ecology OR | 6 |
| ENVS2013 | Society and Environmental Change OR | 6 |
| ENVS3020 | Climate Change Science & Policy OR | 6 |
| ENVS3028 | Environmental Policy | 6 |
| ENVS3021 | Human Futures OR | 6 |
| ENVS3001 | Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice | 6 |
| LAWS3103 | Law and the Environment | 6 |
| MGMT2004 | Negotiation | 6 |
| MGMT2035 | Managing Organisational Change | 6 |
| MGMT3016 | Business Ethics | 6 |
| MGMT3101 | Business and the Natural Environment | 6 |
| MGMT3102 | Business and its Social Stakeholders | 6 |
| MKTG2002 | Sustainable Marketing | 6 |
| MKTG3024 | Social Marketing | 6 |
| POLS2011 | Development and Change | 6 |