EMN SBS 25-26 SasB

Sustainability as a business

Final assessment

Collective 2,500-word essays (+/-10%)
- Sent as PDF to yoannbazin@yahoo.fr
- Must include at least 10 quotes from academic sources and 10 quotes from empirical material (with precise sources each time and a reference list)
- Figures and references are not part of the word count
- Your conclusion should take a position on the subject (it doesn’t have to be radical, but it has to state a position clearly on what to do or where to go from there)
Subjects correspond to the ‘final integration’
- See assignments of December 11th
Deadline: December 22nd

03/10 – Introduction

9h30-12h30 – Methodology
- Critical thinking
  - Case: Margin call
- Evidence-based
  - Case: The big short

10/10 – Sustainability, a history

9h30-11h30: Sustainability, a history
11h30-12h: An individual matter?
- WWF Footprint Calculator
- Debates and discussions
12h-12h30: Conclusion

17/10 – Beyond Petroleum?

9h30-10h30: BP case study
- BP Deepwater Horizon
- BP in Pastoralia
10h30-11h45: Revolving doors in the fossil fuel industry
- Presentation group C: What is the extent of revolving doors practices in the fossil fuel industry? (with a focus on BP)
  - Deliverable: 2-page research note by email two days before, and 15-minute presentation during the class
  - Sources: EU Parliament report and press articles about BP
- Presentation group A: How do Koch Industries use revolving doors to further their interests?
  - Deliverable: 2-page research note by email two days before, and 15-minute presentation during the class
  - Sources: Greenpeace reports and Open Secrets
11h45-12h30: Manufacturing consent
- Presentation group F: What were the recommendations made by Frank Luntz to US Republicans on how to talk about the environment?
  - Deliverable: 2-page research note by email two days before, and 15-minute presentation during the class
  - Source: The 2002 Luntz Memo
Conclusion on business & society (& sustainability)

07/11 – Sustainability vs. CSR

Assignment for all groups: Read Friedman (1970)
9h30-11h: Problematizing CSR
- The spirit(s) of capitalism
- Debating Friedman (1970)
- From CSR1 to CSR2
11h15-12h: Complexifying CSR2
- Presentation Group B: The grocery bag case study
- Deliverable: 2-page research note by email two days before, and 15-minute presentation during the class
12h-12h30: (De)politicizing CSR
- CSR as the new spirit of capitalism

12/11 – Tutorials

14/11 – Carbon accounting

13h30-14h15: When frames collide
14h15-14h45: Presentation Group B
- Assignment: Summarize Kaplan & Ramana (2021)
14h45-15h30: Giti Tire case study
15h45-16h15: Presentation Group D
- Assignment: Summarize the first 3 months of Carbon Diaries, both at individual levels (Laura, her family, her friends and neighbours) and institutional levels (country, regulation, city, etc.)
- Sources: Lloyd (2008) Carbon Diaries
16h15-16h30: Conclusion

21/11 – The Ministry for the Future

25/11 – Tutorials

28/11 – Unsustainability as a business

11/12 – Research projects & Presentations

Group A – Unpacking the Kochtopus, Final integration
Group B – Carbon accounting, Final integration
Group C – Revolving doors, Step 2 and a proposal for a concrete case in the gas & oil industry you would like to study specifically.
Group D – Carbon accounting and climate fictions, Final integration (focusing on Carbon Diaries and The Ministry for the Future, not Ecotopia)
Group E – Modern slavery, Step 2 and a proposal for a concrete case you would like to study specifically.
Group F – Fostering climate doubt, Step 3 and a proposal for a concrete case in the gas & oil industry which sustainability communication you would like to study specifically.

Workgroups