SCOPESCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)

This seminar offers students opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills to analyze the role of business to contribute to solving global issues described in the SDGs, U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. 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. Companies are uniquely positioned to collaborate with their stakeholders to reduce negative impact across their value chains and deliver high-impact business solutions to challenging sustainability issues. In this course, students will proactively learn, through active learning, the current status and challenges of corporate efforts on various sustainability challenges on the planet.

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 "Making Sustainability Work"(1) Chapter 1

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

Review and discuss “Making Sustainability Work” (2) Chapter 2

Week 4[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 1

Review and discuss “Making Sustainability Work” (3) Chapter 3

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

Review and discuss “Minamata disease: a challenge for democracy and justice”(1)

Week 6[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 2

Review and discuss “Minamata disease: a challenge for democracy and justice”(2)

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

Review and discuss “The Wise company”(1) Chapter 4

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

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

Week 9[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 4

Review and discuss “Creating Shared Value”(1)

Week 10[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 4

Review and discuss “Creating Shared Value”(2)

Week 11[対面/face to face]：Reading academic literatures 5

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

Week 12[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 1

Student presentation and discussions

Week 13[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 2

Student presentation and discussions

Week 14[対面/face to face]：Presentation on students’ own research topic 3

Student presentation and discussions

Students are expected to attend each class fully prepared. For students' own research topics, students are required to read materials and summarize key points on a regular basis. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

In the 2023 spring semester, we will read and discuss several chapters from the texts below.
Rebecca Henderson (2020) “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire” PublicAffairs
Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi (2019), “The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation” Oxford University Press
Marc J. Epstein, Adriana Rejc Buhovac, John Elkington(2014) “Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts” Routledge(second edition).
Takashi Yorifuji, Toshihide Tsuda and Masazumi Harada(2013) “Minamata disease: a challenge for democracy and justice” Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation, EEA Report No 1.
Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer (2011) “Creating Shared Value” Harvard Business Review January–February 2011.

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 individual feedback on student presentations for future improvement.

When students make their presentation, they may want to use their own PC or other devices.

In this course, all discussions and presentations will be conducted in English therefore it is preferable that students thinking of taking this course have advanced English communication skills.