On-line Courses in Sustainable Development

Now that the business case for sustainability is on firm ground companies need to learn how to integrate the complex issues involved. An effective way to do this is through on-line learning. The Foundation for Business and Sustainable Development, the educational arm of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), is building the Virtual University for Sustainability on the Internet. [sorry this link is no longer available]There are presently three introductory web-based courses. Corporate Social Responsibility is a 5-hour, self-paced course that teaches senior managers how to develop a corporate social responsibility policy and manage ethical issues. It exposes participants to recent concepts, tools, and best practices regarding social responsibility. The Sustainable Business Challenge began as a collaboration between the WBCSD and the international student organization AIESEC to discover what students entering the workforce need to know to become business leaders in sustainable development. 16,000 students and employees worldwide have completed the resulting Sustainable Business Challenge Internet exam. The WBCSD Foundation has updated this on-line learning experience course and developed an accompanying text book that is being used as a standard text by businesses and universities.The issues are presented from the perspective of a fictional corporation as key personnel […]

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