This course focuses on the role of the manager and the corporation amidst increasing expectations of greater social, civic, and environmental accountability. Today there is a growing expectation that rather than viewing sustainability as risks to be managed - the issues of society and civic innovation present enormous opportunities. This course will undertake the challenge of defining and arriving at an understanding of the meaning, importance, and implications of leading, innovating, and behaving responsibly and what it means in terms of an individual manager's day-to-day decisions in an extremely complex and interconnected global environment.
Success is no longer achievable by managers applying business practices within a traditional value chain. Today, growth depends upon multiple stakeholders working together as part of an intricate civic web that creates sustainable value for multiple constituents. So, how can managers engage these increasingly powerful stakeholders to co-create value that benefits all?