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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College Graduate School of Social Design Studies (MSDA)
Course Code VP302
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Sat.2・6211
Credit 2
Course Number SDM6211
Language English
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
course cancellation -(履修中止制度なし/ No system for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
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Text Code VP302

【Course Objectives】

Students will understand the SDGs from a variety of perspectives through class lectures, selected readings and case studies that can be applied directly to business practices. This will also introduce a range of sustainability related vocabulary and topical areas related to the field. The course will attempt to explain not only the reality of climate change and what the UN’s recent announcement of “Code Red” for human existence means - but will also focus on the critical reasons that "business people" (not just politicians or regulators) must consider the SDGs from an economic perspective when conducting business; in order to find solutions and new opportunities, by integrating them into the normal course of doing business. In this way, business can play a leading role in creating a new economic paradigm that is truly sustainable. We will explore the role that a GDP-driven economy plays in both defining the measures of success and how that impacts the targets of the SDG’s. Are GDP-focused metrics actually preventing the achievement of the SDGs? How measures of success impact the pursuit of sustainability will be explored.

【Course Contents】

1. Students will be introduced to a range of frameworks and measures often used to assess the success of Businesses and Societies; and gain perspective on the relative merits of the various approaches: These will include Economic measures: such as GDP and Donut Model; Social Measures such as: GHI, GRI (CSR), ESG, and other common measures related to the Triple Bottom Line. Business examples of how these are applied will be given.
2. Students will gain a deeper understanding of their own impact both as individuals living on a shared Planet and as Business Leaders and Investors of the future, understanding that they will both play a vital role in the direction that societies take in tackling global sustainability issues.
3. Students will become aware of future trends including the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and to the Fourth Wave Leadership Model that is emerging in response to current global challenges that has a direct impact on how business could be done in future. Examples of business leaders who are role models leading the way toward Society 5.0 will be introduced.
4. Students will be introduced (through discussions and readings of selected case studies) to the critical role that technology is playing and will play in the future of global societies; and will analyze such trends that are shaping the future of the world as we know it in context of future business, supply chains and employment.

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