Master 2025/2026

Sustainable Business Management

Type: Compulsory course (Strategic Management: Investment and Consulting)

Delivered by: Department of Strategic and International Management

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 2 year, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Ekaterina Ivanova

Language: English

Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of sustainable development theories and practices within a business context. It examines the evolution from shareholder to stakeholder theory, the rise of ESG and the triple bottom line, and the ethical foundations critical to managing sustainability challenges. Students engage with normative ethics—utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics—and critically evaluate prevailing economic rationality through classical and human-centric frameworks, including Habermas’ discourse ethics. The course integrates contemporary case studies and applied seminar discussions to develop practical decision-making skills and ethical leadership capacities in sustainable development management.