Sustainable Business (4cr)
Code: LL10015-3007
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2025 - 31.10.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 16.03.2026 - 11.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Tradenomikoulutus / Liiketalous (LL)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 90
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business Economics
- Teachers
- Daniel Bågeberg
- Olli Hatakka
- Teppo Tarnanen
- Teacher in charge
- Daniel Bågeberg
- Groups
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LLNS25BBA, Business Economics, Full-time studies, Fall, 2025
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LLNS25YBBA, Business Economics, Full-time studies, Fall, 2025, Team Learning and Entrepreneurship Skills
- Course
- LL10015
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
You will learn about the principles of sustainable business and its various aspects: ecological, social and economic responsibility. You understand the ethical and moral value choices associated with business and society and know how to look at the world from different perspectives. You understand your own role as a responsible actor in different contexts.
Content
Ethical and moral perspectives in business: Morality, values, and the basis of existence.
Corporate ecological, social and economic responsibility.
A responsibility report is made for the course, which becomes part of the business plan for the course.
Location and time
Local and distance lectures.
Materials
Material to be distributed during the course and book recommendations.
Teaching methods
In the course, you will learn about the principles of sustainable business and its different areas: ecological, social, cultural and economic responsibility. You will learn to identify ethical and moral value choices related to business and societal activities and to assess their effects on the operations of companies and communities. You will practice examining business development from different perspectives of sustainability and will understand your own role as a responsible actor in various working life contexts.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures and expert sessions: we will familiarize ourselves with the key concepts, principles and current phenomena of sustainable business.
- Discussions and group work: we will analyze case studies, share perspectives and practice argumentation and critical reflection.
- Project work / case exercises: we will plan and develop a small-scale solution or development proposal that promotes sustainable business in a selected organization or industry.
- Reflection: writing learning tasks that reflect on one's own thinking, values, and responsible agency in relation to working life.
Exam schedules
A possible exam will be announced during the course.
Student workload
108 hours.