Unit name | Corporate Environmental Management |
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Unit code | GEOGM1406 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Dixon |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
All core Term 1 units for the MSc in Environmental Policy and Management |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit provides an advanced introduction to environmental economic geography. It will consider how public and private institutions manage their environmental footprint in both developed and emerging economies. In particular, this unit will consider the internal and external factors that affect corporate environmental performance. It will examine issues relating to how firms are organized, the power different stakeholders wield, the influence of the stock market and institutional investors, reputational factors, and different national and supranational frameworks.
The unit aims:
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
The unit will be centred on a weekly two-hour seminar. Each seminar will be based on actual case studies, supplemented by general readings. The instructor will provide a short introductory lecture regarding the case and general issues from the reading. In following, the instructor will lead a structured discussion among the seminar participants.
(1) One 2000 word essay (30%) completed in the first half of the unit that critically analyses the readings, lectures, and cases from weeks 1-4. (2) One 3000 word essay (70%) completed at the end of the unit, describing and analysing a particular case of corporate environmental malfeasance and/or systems of corporate environmental management in a given jurisdiction (e.g. the European Union).
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