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Responsible Business Research at COBE
Research at COBE delves into the multifaceted aspects of responsible business practices, encompassing areas such as sustainability, business ethics, diversity, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. This research initiative explores the impact of social responsibility on financial performance and the implications of social responsibility disclosures. It also examines the role of gender in corporate leadership, the effects of environmental regulations and the ethical considerations surrounding employee monitoring. By investigating these critical issues, COBE aims to promote a deeper understanding of responsible business practices and their impact on society.
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COBE RBI Course Offerings
Learn about responsible business
BUS202 – Legal Environment of Business
Learn an introduction to business ethics alongside a business’s legal responsibilities.
BUSMGT 364 – Business Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability
Explores the role of business in a global society. Includes ethical reasoning and decision-making, business responsibility in social and environmental contexts, and best practices in sustainability.
ACCT411 – Ethics in Accounting
Apply frameworks for ethical reasoning, moral principles, and professional values to various scenarios. Examine the consequences of ethical and unethical action or inaction. Recognize, interpret, and react to ethical decision situations, and identify relevant stakeholders in such situations. Discussion of contexts specific to the accounting profession and the broader business environment, including the rules and regulations promulgated by national regulatory agencies, professional accounting organizations, and state boards of accountancy.
SCM420 – Creating Sustainable Goods and Services
Creation of environmentally sustainable goods and services. Tools and concepts covered include life-cycle analysis, environmental purchasing, green logistics, reverse logistics, closed loop supply chains, design for the environment, industrial ecology environmental management systems, sustainable operations and strategy.
BUS441 – Business in Society: Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
Intensive exploration of the role of business in a global society, including ethical decision-making, business responsibility in social and environmental contexts and best practices in sustainability.
ECON474 – Sustainability and Economic Policy
Presents concepts, theories, data and empirical findings critical for analyzing sustainability problems and developing solutions in communities, cities, countries and regions. Explores how economics relates to the three pillars of sustainability: economic, social and environmental, emphasizing tradeoffs and synergies across the pillars. Following topics are covered: the meaning and history of sustainable development and the link between sustainability and well-being; sustainability indicators and metrics; natural resource (green) accounting; the valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services; climate change; urbanization and sustainability; and business, international finance and sustainability.