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Syllabus

TN0346 Social sustainability of work life, businesses and the society, 7.5 Credits

Social hållbarhet i arbetsliv, företagande och samhälle

Subjects

Technology Agricultural Science Technology Agricultural science

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Modules

Title	Credits	Code
Single module	7.5	0101

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G1N)

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

The equivalent of general entrance requirements for higher education studies.

Objectives

The overall purpose of this course is to increase your understanding of social sustainability from various perspectives, which includes the perspective of the world-wide society, the social responsibility of enterprises and the need of the individual for a healthy and stimulating place of work. You will also acquire an understanding of the importance of leadership for social sustainability in organizations. You are going to gain an insight in how enterprises can create value both for their business and for the society by working strategically on societal sustainability issues. You will obtain a process based method to plan, carry out and evaluate interventions in organizations, which are value-adding from the perspective of sustainability.

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• explain and specify the meaning of social sustainability as a concept, from an organizational, a societal and a global perspective

• be able to evaluate and improve the social sustainability in the production process and in the supply chains of an enterprise

• reflect upon various aspects on the theme leadership and organization in relation to increased social sustainability in organizations

• follow a systematic procedure to plan, conduct and evaluate an intervention aimed at increasing the social sustainability of an organization

• explain and exemplify how an enterprise can work strategically for social sustainability by finding business solutions that also improve societal challenges

• reflect upon your own professional role in the endeavor towards an improved social sustainability in business and in the society

Content

The course use various modes of education in order to promote teacher facilitated learning, student centered activities as well as discussions, by lectures, seminars, excercises in groups and individually, supported by an interactive learning platform. The students conduct an extensive group work in cooperation with an organization. The teaching is mainly on-line but one or two compulsory days are situated at the campus of SLU in Alnarp.

The course comprises of both theoretical parts and elements of practice on the subject of social sustainability, and discuss concepts like sustainable leadership, organization, psychosocial working environment, global development, social responsibility of business, theories of social change and global justice.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

The course will be examined in terms of a written home exam, exercises and seminars. To obtain the course credits, approved participation in all seminars, approved project presentation and approved exercises will be required.

The project work presentation is compulsory, attending the course introduction at campus is compulsory for obtaining course credits.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
• For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Additional information

The course is given as a 25% of full time distance tuition course and it´s conducted at home by studying literature, doing written work and carrying out a project work at an organization. The course begins with a mandatory introduction at the SLU campus in Alnarp. All students must have a computer with an internet connection.

Responsible department

Department of People and Society