The objective of this seminar is to explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and explore what this means for businesses and students in their role as future leaders. The course will  discuss the implications of the SDGs for business practice and how actors are working together to achieve the goals.

This seminar will also explore own personal values related to the sustainable development goals, using Mary Gentile’s Giving Voice to Values (GVV) approach.  This will develop the skillset to reframe challenges and opportunities presented by the SDGS so that key actors can both understand various needs and develop ways of addressing responses to the challenges. This course introduces skillsets and methods to engage on SDG issues, how to excite, influence and motivate others and  to have the confidence to voice and enact values within the workplace.

Students will be able to:

Understand the issues related to the sustainable development goals

Understand how they can contribute to the sustainable development goals

Act on own values

Develop an action plan to be the most effective in acting on values.

Build confidence and habit of voicing values

This seminar is mandatory. 100% attendance is required.

Lectures, field trips, guest speakers, cases, re-scripting, Giving Voice to Values method

Active participation in the course will be sufficient to obtain 2 ECTS for this mandatory seminar.

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