Course Code: | MNG039 | ||||
Course Name: | Sustainable Business | ||||
Semester: | Fall | ||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. MELEK YURDAKUL | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üy. MELEK YURDAKUL Öğr. Gör. STAFF 1 |
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Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to enable students to fully understand the sustainability concept which has a direct impact on the efficiency of a company, and to fully understand the opportunities and threats in terms of environmental sustainability. |
Course Content: | Sustainable Business is a system-based and multi-disciplinary approach that tries to understand the relationship between the company and human / nature. Nowadays, it is accepted that the sustainability approach of the business world has an impact on productivity rather than external social impact activities. In Sustainable Business, while sustainability will be discussed in a coherent way, a special focus will be given to business related environmental sustainability. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Understands the concept of sustainability. 2) Knows the important criteria for sustainability of firms. 3) Understand the existing declarations, certificates and standards related to sustainability 4) Analyze the critical points of a company's value chain in terms of water, raw materials, energy and waste. 5) To be able to analyze relevant concepts which are known today. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Sustainable development indicators, goals and global efforts | To be given in class |
2) | Concept and drivers for sustainability for business | To be given in class |
3) | Performance management, value chain definition | To be given in class |
4) | Declarations, international certificates and standards, introduction to relevant legislation | To be given in class |
5) | Raw materials and Waste Management 1 | To be given in class |
6) | Raw materials and Waste Management 2 | To be given in class |
7) | Water and wastewater management | To be given in class |
8) | Energy and Emissions | To be given in class |
9) | Climate Change | To be given in class |
10) | Tools of sustainable business: Carbon and water footprints, life cycle analysis, life cost analysis | To be given in class |
11) | Tools of sustainable business: Greenhouse Gas Management | To be given in class |
12) | Tools of sustainable business: Environmental and social impact, environmental accounting, natural capital, green value chain management | To be given in class |
13) | Tools of sustainable business: industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks, clustering, etc. | To be given in class |
14) | Tools of sustainable business: industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks, clustering, etc. | To be given in class |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | dersde verilecektir / to be given in class |
References: | dersde verilecektir / to be given in class |
Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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Program Outcomes |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Project | 1 | % 80 |
Final | 1 | % 20 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 80 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 20 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 56 |
Project | 14 | 70 |
Total Workload | 126 |