Lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: (Un)Sustainable
- Lecture 3: Patterns of Development
- Lecture 4: Economic, Social and Political Structures
- Lecture 5: Technology Assessment & Measuring Sustainability
- Lecture 6: Technology and Society
- Lecture 7: Sustainable Enterprises
- Lecture 8: Sustainable Design
- Lecture 9: Innovation Processes
- Lecture 10: Technology for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development for Engineers
(WM0929)Lecture 7: Sustainable Enterprises
Sustainable Enterprises: Only an expense for companies?
7_OCW_-_Sustainable_Development_and_the_Company.pdf Companies exist to make profit, but how can they deal with responsibilities to contribute to sustainable development? The lecture first discusses the role of the engineer in the company and in particular in sustainable design. Then different values of sustainability for the company will be presented including the people-planet-profit principle and the principle of corporate social responsibility. The main idea of the lecture is that a company’s societal and economical responsibilities are more than just making a profit. |
Key-words: sustainable design, green products, pollution prevention pays, corporate social responsibility.
Reading: Chapter 7 of ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’: Sustainable development and the company: why, what and how?
