Programação
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Dear All,
Welcome to Business Sustainability classes.
The classes will start on 11th October always on Wednesday from 8 am to 12 pm. We´ll have 6 classes on 11, and 18 October and 08, 22, 29 November, and 6th December.
The link to our class is https://meet.google.com/usx-tmvs-zjy
Best wishes,
Roberta
Responsible:
Associate Professor Roberta Souza Piao robertacsouza@usp.br
Production Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, USP.
Lattes Curriculum http://lattes.cnpq.br/4775923423505257
Objectives
The aim of this discipline is to provide students with a background of how organizations are implementing environmental and social practices. It is also important to provide an understanding of the different actors involved in this process, the theories and frameworks applied, and trade-offs among economic, environmental and social actions.
Type of Assessment:
1. Participation in classroom discussions (online class by GoogleMeet). Activities will be proposed during the classes that will also make up the assessment (20%)
2. For each class, the student must deliver to edisciplinasUSP, on the day before the class, two summaries. The student must choose two papers that will be discussed in the weekly class to prepare the summaries. A summary for each text. Abstracts will be evaluated (30%)
3. Written assessment: paper elaboration 50% of the grade
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*The summaries must be delivered the day before class
Topics that must be addressed in the preparation of the summary:
1.Purpose of the article
2.Justify the topic (research gap)
3.Theory or main concepts used (knowledge area that the author “talks”)
4. Method
5. Main results
6. Suggestions for future studies
(2-3 page summary, TNR 12, 1.5 space, normal margin)
*you have to write your summary in English.
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Topics:
Externality
Social Responsibility of Companies
CSR Evolution
GreenwashingMintzberg, H. (1983). The case for corporate social responsibility. The Journal of Business Strategy, 4(2), 3 https://doi.org/10.1108/eb039015
Wickert, C. (2021). Corporate social responsibility research in the Journal of Management Studies: A shift from a business‐centric to a society‐centric focus. Journal of Management Studies, 58(8), E1-E17. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12775
Busch, T., Barnett, M. L., Burritt, R. L., Cashore, B. W., Freeman, R. E., Henriques, I., ... & York, J. (2023). Moving beyond “the” business case: How to make corporate sustainability work. Business Strategy and the Environment, early view. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3514
Complementary readings:“Milton Friedman On The Social Responsibility of Business, 50 Years Later”https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/milton-friedman-social-responsibility-of-business/
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/20/greenwashing-environmentalism-lies-companiesAgudelo, M. A. L., Jóhannsdóttir, L., & Davídsdóttir, B. (2019). A literature review of the history and evolution of corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 4(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-018-0039-y
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Please, choose two papers below for elaborating the summaries. You have to deliver two summaries per class.
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., and Archie-Acheampong, J. (2020). The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs. Multinational Business Review, 29(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-07-2020-0154
Hickel, J. (2019). The contradiction of the sustainable development goals: Growth versus ecology on a finite planet. Sustainable Development, 27(5), 873-884.
Schneider, A. (2019). Bound to fail? Exploring the systemic pathologies of CSR and their implications for CSR research. Business & Society, 59(7), 1303-1338. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650319856616
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Please, choose two papers below for elaborating the summaries. You have to deliver two summaries per class.
Boaventura, J. M. G., Bosse, D. A., de Mascena, K. M. C., & Sarturi, G. (2020). Value distribution to stakeholders: The influence of stakeholder power and strategic importance in public firms. Long Range Planning, 53(2), 101883.
Freudenreich, B., Lüdeke-Freund, F., & Schaltegger, S. (2020). A stakeholder theory perspective on business models: Value creation for sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, 166, 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04112-z
Mehedi, S., & Jalaludin, D. (2020). Application of theories in CSR research focusing study context and corporate attributes. International Journal of Ethics and Systems, 36(3), 305-324. DOI 10.1108/IJOES-09-2019-0146
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Slides Theoretical Background
Materiality Matrix exercise -
Please, choose two papers below for elaborating the summaries. You have to deliver two summaries per class.
Shevchenko, A., Lévesque, M., & Pagell, M. (2016). Why firms delay reaching true sustainability. Journal of Management Studies, 53(5), 911–935. Doi: 10.1007/s10551-014-2047-5
Schaltegger, S., & Burritt, R. (2018). Business cases and corporate engagement with sustainability: Differentiating ethical motivations. Journal of Business Ethics, 147(2), 241-259.
Kramer, M. R., Agarwal, R., and Srinivas, A. (2019). Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet. Harvard Business Review. June, Vol. 12. https://hbr.org/2019/06/business-as-usual-will-not-save-the-planet
Slides BS and Strategy
Complementary ReadingsPorter, M. E., & Kramer, M. R. (2011). The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value. How to reinvent capitalism—and unleash a wave of innovation and growth. Harvard Business Review, 89(1-2).
Crane, A., Palazzo, G., Spence, L. J., & Matten, D. (2014). Contesting the value of “creating shared value”. California management review, 56(2), 130-153.
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Please, choose two papers below for elaborating the summaries. You have to deliver two summaries per class.
Husted, B. W. (2003) Governance Choices for Corporate Social Responsibility: to Contribute, Collaborate or Internalize, Long Range Planning, 36(5), pp. 481–498.
Vazquez-Brust, D., Souza Piao, R., Melo, M.F.S., Yaryd, R.T., Carvalho, M.M. (2020) The governance of collaboration for sustainable development: exploring the “black box”. Journal of Cleaner Production, v.256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120260
Gillan, S. L., Koch, A., & Starks, L. T. (2021). Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 66, 101889
Questions
1.What do you understand by governance?2.According to Husted, what are the dimensions considered for a company to choose a collaborative governance mode for its CSR actions?3.Based on the Husted and Vazquez-Brust et al, considering the distinct governance modes which one indicates more CSR engagement of companies and why? -
Please, choose two papers below for elaborating the summaries. You have to deliver two summaries per class.
Homrich, A. S., Galvao, G., Abadia, L. G., & Carvalho, M. M. (2018). The circular economy umbrella: Trends and gaps on integrating pathways. Journal of Cleaner Production, 175, 525-543.
Geissdoerfer, M., Savaget, P., Bocken, N., & Hultink, E. (2017). The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm? Journal of Cleaner Production, 143 (1), 757-768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.048
Piao, R. S., de Vincenzi, T. B., da Silva, A. L. F., de Oliveira, M. C. C., Vazquez-Brust, D., & Carvalho, M. M. (2023). How is the circular economy embracing social inclusion?. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137340
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Main Dates:
1. to deliver the research protocol (first draft): 8th November 2023
2. to deliver the full written assessment: 26th January 2024 -
“Does Sustainability make better and more adaptive businesses?”
“Supermercado alemão quer cobrar aos clientes o verdadeiro custo ambiental”
“Supermercado alemão alerta para custo ecológico verdadeiro”
Carroll, A. B. (1979). A three-dimensional conceptual model of corporate performance. Academy of Management Review, 4(4), 497-505.
Carroll, A. B. (1991). The pyramid of corporate social responsibility: Toward the moral management of organizational stakeholders. Business Horizons, 34(4), 39–48.
Carroll, A. B. (2021). Corporate social responsibility: Perspectives on the CSR construct’s development and future. Business & Society, 60(6), 1258-1278.
