According to the learning outcomes for this module, this assignment will demonstrate that students can:
- Critically evaluate academic theories and techniques relating to corporate social responsibility and ethical conduct in engineering
- Demonstrate awareness of the risks to health and safety, the environment and the business as well as current regulatory requirements
Tasks to be undertaken:
The objective of the UK government to foster ‘clean growth’ implies that businesses will have to deliver value to their customers and other stakeholders while reducing their impacts on the environment, such as CO2 emissions and waste. Some sectors will be more affected than others, but managers within each sector will use techniques derived from approaches such as those listed below to help them manage the transition.
- Making use of academic literature, briefly summarise each of the approaches to sustanable development below, explaining how suitable (or not) each might for the analysis of Business Performances in the context of clean growth.
- The Triple Bottom Line
- The Five Capitals
- Natural Capitalism
- Cradle to Cradle
- The Circular Economy
- The Balanced Scorecard
- Choose a type of business (such as a breakfast cereal manufacturer) from either the automotive, construction, energy or food sectors; then choose two approaches from the list above and briefly describe how each can be used to evaluate the chosen business in terms of its environmental impact, its responsibilities and its risks.
This assignment will require careful reading of the lessons used in this module as well as library research. You will find it helpful to begin your reading using articles and case studies available on this module’s Blackboard shell.