Required Textbook Readings
Benn et al (2019) Chapter 5 – Sustainability: The Strategic Advantage – (MO 6.1, 6.2)
Benn et al (2019) Chapter 6 – Sustaining Corporations – (MO 6.1, 6.2)
Benn et al (2019) Chapter 7 – Incremental & Transformational Changes – (MO 6.1, 6.2)
Dear Class,
Please remember to read Benn et al (2019) chapters 5, 6, and 7, as mentioned in the Module’s introduction. In addition, please visit the following website for
insights on the GRI guidelines – which were outlined above in the shared video.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-make-your-materiality-assessment-worth-effort
Video
Part I: The Strategic Advantage
Part II: Sustaining the Corporation
Part III: Moving Between Phases of Change
Dear Students,
After you have conducted the readings, and viewed the selected videos for this module, please proceed and respond to the following questions:
A. What do we mean by taking a strategic advantage towards sustainability? (Benn et al, 2019 – ch 5).
B. Please choose one of the Waves of Sustainability, either the first or second wave (Benn et al, 2019), and make recommendations for a known firm as to
how it will transition into the next wave. (Benn et al, 2019 – ch6).
C. In Benn’s et al (2019) chapter 7 – the authors point to launching and managing a change program. Please share your thoughts on 2 key bullets here.
Instructions:
For the above, you must present these insights in paragraph form and fill the whole page in fluent business English (no errors). Your feedback MUST reach
500 words for the entire forum (see rubric below for quality and criteria of your post), which is equivalent to the entire page on the given screen. If you are
seeking extra credit for this post, and have met the 500 word count (and score a 2 on each of the 3 criteria), please compliment your post with additional
research (share link to recent/relevant article, or resource and its summary/direct link to the question), and practice reflections via relevant known firm
and/or news briefs about the chosen firm and its operating sector and industry (extra credit word count is then 750 words). You should only relate to your
current employer once or twice in the 7 modules (Discussion Board posts).