Dates
| weekly | Monday | 10:15 - 11:45 | 06.04.2026 - 10.07.2026 | C 11.319 Seminarraum |
Curriculum context
Written assignment (50%)
Resit date: No resit date will be offered to this assessment, because it is didactically inseparably connected with one of the associated courses. A resit will only be possible, if the module is available again.
Organizational information
Registration
Registration ends 07.4.2026 at 23:59 h
Persons
Content
Corporations and Climate Change: Normative Challenges for Sustainability Management is a seminar designed to introduce students to the normative dimensions of business practice, with a focused application to the global challenge of climate change. In an era where companies are increasingly called upon to take responsibility for their social and environmental impacts, this seminar provides the conceptual tools and normative frameworks needed to critically engage with such responsibilities.
The seminar unfolds in two interconnected parts. In Part I, students become acquainted with the normative foundations underlying decision-making by managers faced with various and at times competing demands by different stakeholders. Fundamental theoretical insights on stakeholder theory are introduced and collectively applied to real world case examples through interactive exercises to highlight the dilemmas faced by corporate decision-makers.
Part II turns to climate change as a normative and strategic challenge for business. In small groups, students will reflect on the role and responsibility of businesses in the face of global environmental crises. Topics include historical responsibility and intergenerational equity, fairness in burden-sharing, the collective action challenges that complicate corporate climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, and the normative and strategic implications of technological fixes like geoengineering. This part emphasizes the role of corporations as both contributors to and potential solvers of climate-related problems.
This structure supports the seminar’s learning goals:
• To understand the role of corporations in addressing sustainability challenges like climate change,
• To acknowledge how normative reasoning shapes business decisions,
• And to apply these insights to evaluate corporate strategies and imaginations of climate futures.
By the end of the seminar, students will have a foundational understanding of the normative aspect of corporate decision-making in the face of climate change and be equipped to critically evaluate the role of corporations in contributing to solve one of the most urgent challenges facing the global business community today.
Evaluation
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