The topics of Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Creating Shared Value (CSV) and ESG Impact Investing are currently widely discussed in both business schools and the business world. The notion of ethical and socially responsible leadership has become a mandate for organisations (big or small, civil / social or commercial) of every business sector. Its development is further entangled with the megatrend of corporate citizenship, globalisation and sustainability.

This course helps students to understand this preeminent topic through the lens of guiding theoretical foundations and critical application imaginations. The focus of the course is to frame Ethics, CSR and impact investing management into the business context, amidst the business functions of management, human resources, marketing accounting and finance. As such, related issues of corporate governance, trade-offs and conflicts of stakeholder groups, technology and privacy, marketing ethics, and risk communications will also be put under scrutiny.

Emphasis of the course is two-fold: (1) apply ethically moral values and thinking to solve real business problems facing business professionals; and (2) learn to develop ethical and sustainable business initiatives for impact.