SCOPESCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)

This seminar offers students opportunities to deepen their knowledge and skills to analyze the role of business to contribute to solving various sustainability challenges, especially global issues described in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). As governments alone cannot solve problems such as climate change, poverty and various forms of inequalities, there is growing expectation for businesses and civil society to play more important roles. Businesses are expected to reduce negative impact across their value chains and solve various environmental and social problems, and people working for companies, including new employees who just join companies after schools are expected to understand the significance of business tackling sustainability challenges. Through this course, students learn various efforts of global and local companies to solve challenges on the earth and how they are creating shared value (CSV) and realizing sustainable growth.

Students aim at achieving the following goals:
(1)Learn global and local sustainability challenges and how companies are creating shared values (CSV) and realizing their sustained growth.
(2)Develop logical thinking skills to set hypotheses, collect necessary information, and test the hypotheses through systematic analysis on themes that students choose.

Among diploma policies, "DP3", "DP4" and "DP5" are related

英語 / English

The course will mainly consist of discussions and presentations by students with instructor’s facilitation. To acquire basic knowledge on global sustainability and roles of companies, students will review and present selected academic literatures and various companies’ sustainability/integrated reports. If students have a specific research topic, they can present their research findings in class and further discuss with other members.
Feedback on assignments submitted by students will be provided in class or through the Learning Management System. Please note that the teaching approach may vary according to which threat level we are at. The details will be announced through the Learning Management System.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week 1[対面/face to face]：Orientation

Introduction to the course short lectures and discussions

Week 2[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 1

Review and discuss “Creating Shared Value”(1)

Week 3[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 1

Review and discuss “Creating Shared Value”(2)

Week 4[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 2

Review and discuss "The Wise Company”(1) Chapter 4

Week 5[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 2

Review and discuss "The Wise Company”(2) Chapter 4

Week 6[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 3

Review and discuss “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire”(1)

Week 7[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 3

Review and discuss “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire”(2)

Week 8[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 3

Review and discuss “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire”(3)

Week 9[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 1

Student presentation and discussions

Week 10[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 2

Student presentation and discussions

Week 11[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 3

Student presentation and discussions

Week 12[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 4

Student presentation and discussions

Week 13[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 5

Student presentation and discussions

Week 14[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 6

Student presentation and discussions

University guidelines suggest preparation and review should be around four hours a week for a two-credit course. Therefore,students are expected to attend each class fully prepared. For students' own research topics, they are required to read materials and summarize key points on a regular basis.

In the 2023 Fall Semester, we will read and discuss several chapters from the texts below.
Books may be changed based on students’ interests.

*Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer (2011) “Creating Shared Value” Harvard Business Review January–February 2011.
*Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi (2019), “The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation” Oxford University Press
*Rebecca Henderson (2020) “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire” Public Affairs

References will be introduced in class.

Grading will be decided based on the following criteria:
(1) Active participation in class discussion: 50%
(2) Students’ presentations: 30%
(3) Student’s overall progress: 20%

Details will be explained in class.
Please note if students miss four or more classes, they cannot receive credit unless they have a justifiable reason.

Instructor will provide students with detailed feedback on presentations for their future improvement.

PC or other devices are required for student presentations.