SVKM’s NMIMS Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce (ASM SOC)

Course Outline

Academic Year: 2024 – 25

Course Code

Course Title Environmental Management & Business Ethics

Course Instructor/s Prof. Neelesh Kumar

Course Credit 4
Program and BBA/B.Com (Hons.)/BSc-Finance/BBA-Fintech – 2nd
Semester Semester
Pre-reading material, Lectures, Documentaries, Newspaper
Pre-Requisite Articles, Ted Talks, Business Interviews, Case Studies &
Movies.
CLO 1. Acquiring conceptual clarity of Environmental management
as a course. (PLO 1a)
CLO 2. Ability to analyse the importance and impact of the
environmental management and its sub-components. (PLO 1b)
Learning Objectives*
CLO 3. Demonstrating the ability to apply concepts, & terminologies
within environmental management (PLO 1c)
CLO 4. Ability to design and analyse environmental management
strategies in the context of organizations. (PLO 1c)
1. Students will be able to explain describe and relate the
environmental management concepts to macro & micro
environment.(CLO1)
2. Students will develop and demonstrate skills to apply their
role in environmental management in an organization.(CLO 2)
Learning
3. Students should be able to differentiate between strategies
Outcomes**
aimed for sustainable products and services from traditional
ones.(CLO 3)

4. Students will be able to design and construct environmental

management strategies for the benefits of all stakeholders. (CLO 4)

The course intends to provide orientation to students on Ethics and

ethical aspects in business, which each one needs to be aware of. The
course will provide exposure to students on the ethical dilemmas
which occur in professional, business and personal life. It would also
show how to deal effectively with such situations. The Course intends
Course Description to provide knowledge to students on the solutions which are available
to management professionals, in terms of companies & individuals
being sensitive to the environmental and social problems. At the same
time, it also seeks to make them sensitive to such problems and seek
proactively for solutions to the environmental problems without
losing focus on doing business.
* and **: Maximum 4 to 5
Evaluation Pattern

Specific
Assessment % AOL
Intended CLOs to be Assessed
Methods / Weightage Instruments
Task
CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3 CLO 4
ICA 1 – Mid- Subjective and
term Test (6th 20% (20 Application
Yes Yes Yes Yes
to 8th Marks) based
March,2025) questions
ICA 2 –
Assignments( Written and
assignments Video Based
10% (10
of total 10 assignments Yes Yes Yes Yes
Marks)
marks spread from different
evenly across modules
the semester)
Objective
&/Subjective
ICA 3 - Class
questions
Test (To be
10% (10 (Case study
planned in 1st Yes Yes Yes Yes
Marks) based) from
week April,
different
2025)
Modules &
topics
ICA 4 –
Project Work
Written
submission
Project topics
(Timeline –
for report
Issuance in 10% (10
writing to be Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jan last Marks)
given in
week/ 1st
groups
week Feb &
submission
in End
March)

Note: Write Yes / No for CLOs to be Assessed

Course Session Plan for 4 Credit Courses (60 hours):

Session
Modules
s
Classroo
m
Pre-Read Study Material
Discussi
on
Module I:-
Introduction to
Environment and its
components,
Introduction to
Module I
1 and 2 Environmental Crisis Ch-1, Rajagopalan
PPT
– Environmental/
Ecological Footprint,
Greenwashing,
NIMBY, Carbon
Footprint, etc.
Climate change:
Cause,
Consequences,
measures and Ch-14, Rajagopalan, HBS
strategies deployed Article -
by companies; Role https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/
Module I
3 and 4 of Business in HBS Article Documents/events/Climate_C
PPT
Environment hange_in_2020_Implications_in
Degradation – _Business.pdf; Cases (Union
Carbon Emission carbide) Online sources
Reduction (CERs),
Polluter Pays
Principle (PPP).
Climate Change
Financing – Its
Definition;
Environmental
Impact Assessment EIA of Navi
Module I Online sources, Ch-14,
5 and 6 (EIA) - Three Core Mumbai
PPT Rajagopalan
Values of EIA, EIA in Intl Airport
India, Strategic
Environmental
Assessment; Life
Cycle Assessment
Case study
Introduction to Social on
https://www.britannica.com/
Issues, Crises, Facebook &
Module I
7 and 8 Challenges; GE topic/social-issue
PPT
Role of Business in Ultrasound
Social Degradation Machines in
India
Sustainab
le
Ch-19, Rajagopalan Online
Develop
9 and Module I sources
ment - wbcsd.org
10 PPT wbcsd.org
Goals (17
SDGs)
Business
 Sustainab
ility -
Definitio
n, Issues
&
Challeng
es,
Strategies

ESG Framework: https://www.mckinsey.com/c

11 and McKinzie Module I
Measurement & apabilities/sustainability/our-
12 Article PPT
reporting insights/how-to-make-esg-real

MODULE II:- Ethics:

www.ethicsunwrapped.utexa
Values & Moral-
s.edu
Definition, types and
Ethics https://www.researchgate.net
13 and relevance; Module
Unwrappe /publication/352512896_From
14 Environmental ethics: II PPT
d _anthropocentrism_to_sustainc
Anthropocentrism
entrism_case_study_on_bevera
V/s non
ge_companies_in_India
Anthropocentrism
https://ethicsunwrapped.utex
Virtue Vs. Ethical Ethics as.edu/
15 and Module
Egoism: Virtue ethics; Unwrappe
16 II PPT
Communitarianism; d https://plato.stanford.edu/ent
ries/communitarianism/
Environmental
17 and Module https://ethicsunwrapped.utex
Ethical Dilemmas-
18 II PPT as.edu/
Power & Inequality
Behavioural ethics: Case Stud-
19 and Altruism; Bounded Ethics Module https://ethicsunwrapped.utex
20 ethicality; Conflict of Unwrappe II PPT as.edu/
Interest; d
Behavioural Biases:
21 and Framing; Conformity Module https://ethicsunwrapped.utex
Case study
22 Bias; Moral II PPT as.edu/
equilibrium;
Behavioural Biases:
Moral Muteness; Case Study
Moral myopia; Self- –
23 and serving Bias; ExxonMobi Module https://ethicsunwrapped.utex
24 Stakeholder Analysis l -Ethics II PPT as.edu/
(Mendelow’s Matrix); Unwrappe
Technology d
Assessment
MODULE III :-
Behavioural
25 and Module Thaler & Sunstein (2023), pp –
Economics and
26 III PPT 6-9, 16-18, 40-45.
Decision Making:-
Two types of
 thinking: Rational &
reflexive
Nudge-
characteristics & https://co-co.org/wp-
27 and benefits; Book Module content/uploads/2020/07/sho
28 review: The Nudge III PPT rtguide9_22.pdf
by Richard H.Thaler
& Cass R Sunstein
Types of Nudge:
Subtle Suggestions;
https://dash.harvard.edu/bit
The Default Option;
29 and Module strea
Social Norming and
30 III PPT m/handle/1/16205305/shortg
Misperceptions;
uide 9_22.pdf
simplification; a
direct reminder
Use & Application of
Nudge Theory to
ensure/enable Pro-
Environmental https://www.sciencedirect.co
31 and behaviour; Use of Module m/science/article/pii/S09503
32 Nudging/ the III PPT 29324000247
Nudge theory in
Solving Social and
Environmental
Issues
Factors considered
while creating
33 and Nudge: Psychological Module
Thaler & Sunstein (2023)
34 & social Context; III PPT
Choice Architecture;
Behavioural change
Nudge Strategy: The
process of nudging & https://www.researchgate.net
steps to create a /publication/379122537_THE_
35 and nudge; Companies Module ROLE_OF_BEHAVIORAL_NU
36 using Nudge Theory III PPT DGING_IN_CONSUMER_BE
to ensure/enable Pro- HAVIOR_AND_DECISION-
Environmental _MAKING
behaviour
MODULE IV:- Social
Bornstein & Davis (2010), pp. 1
Entrepreneurship &
-20.
millennials (New age
37 and Module https://grameenfoundation.or
solution for new age
38 IV PPT g/
social and
David & Bornstein (2010),
environmental
Select Chapters.
issues)
Social Impact, Social
39 and Module David & Bornstein (2010), Ch-
Enterprise and Social
40 IV PPT 2.
Innovation
 Handbook of design thinking
– The D-School; other online
Design Thinking in
41 and Module sources –
Social Innovation
42 IV PPT https://web.stanford.edu/~msha
and Its Application
nks/MichaelShanks/files/50955
4.pdf
Module
Roadblocks &
IV PPT;
43 and Challenges in starting David & Bornstein (2010),
Case
44 and/or managing a select pages.
Study of
social enterprise
SELCO
https://www.yunussb.com/c
orporate-innovation/social-
intrapreneurship
The emergence of
“Social Case
https://movingworlds.org/so
Intrapreneurship;” Example
45 and cial-intrapreneurship
Scalability of Social s of Tata
46
Entrepreneurship- Steel &
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/
Problems & Infosys
article/social-
Strategy intrapreneurship-unleashing-
social-innovation-from-
within/
Social
Entrepreneurship-
Funding, Case
https://grameenfoundation.org/
47 and sustainability; Study
David & Bornstein (2010),
48 Measurement of Grameen
select pages.
impact & Bank
effectiveness of Social
Enterprise
Measure Social
Return on Investment
(SROI); Social Case
Impact Investing study of
49 and David & Bornstein (2010),
(SIE); Sharing SAI
50 select pages.
Economy and Gift Sustaina
Economy (Paid ble Agro
forward model)
concept

MODULE V:-
Definition of CSR:
Characteristics and
51 and Module
its
52 V PPT
Drivers; Government
Policies & Statutory
mandate related to
CSR
 https://indiacsr.in/wp-
content/uploads/2023/10/India-
CSR & Corporate India
Case study CSR-Outlook-Report-2023.pdf
53 and Strategy; Cases of CSR
of Tata -
54 CSR in Indian Outlook
TBEM https://csrbox.org/India_CSR_r
organizations Report
eport_India-CSR-Outlook-
Report-2024_116
Conscious Capitalism:
https://www.truevaluemetrics.o
- Definition,
rg/DBpdfs/Initiatives/Consciou
components &
sCapitalism/John_Mackey-
Metrics; Corporate
55 and Module Conscious_Capitalism-
56 Social Performance V PPT 2007.pdf (First few Pages)
(CSP),
CSP Theory & Case Study on Whole Foods,
Strategic CSR & CSR Panera Bread, Starbucks Coffee
Strategy
CSR - Employer
Branding &
Millennial (Social
57 and Identity Module
Relevant Case studies
58 Theory, Signalling V PPT
Theory & Social
Exchange Theory);
Past year Q. papers.
59 and Past Year Q. Papers & Module From E-Library (past 3 years
60 Recapitulation V PPT question papers)

Text Books Used:

1. Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone needs to know by David Bornstein
& Susan Davis (Oxford University Press)
(DOI:10.1093/wentk/9780195396348.001.0001) Latest edition online print 2020.
2. Environmental Management – N. K. Uberoi (Excel Books – 2nd Ed, 2017).
3.Environmental Studies – From Crisis to Cure – R. Rajagopalan (Oxford,
3rd Ed.2015)
4. Ethics in Business and Corporate Governance, S K Mandal (Tata
McGrawHill, 2nd Ed. 2012)
5.Nudge – Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein (Penguin Random House,
UK – The Final Edition, 2023)

Reference Books Used:

1. Environmental Management – N.K. Uberoi (Excel Books – 2nd

Ed, 2017)
2. E- Book – “Nudge: Improving decisions about Health, Wealth &
Happiness.” by Richard Thaler (Yale University Press: 2008)

Any Other Information: This is a Case study driven application-based Subject.

Research Embedded Learning
Case Studies used (Mention Number): 8-10 Case studies to be used.

Research Papers used (Mention Number): 3-4 Research Papers.

News articles/web resources used (Mention number): 10-12 News Articles.

Research-Based ICA Components:

Component Marks
Research Project 10
Research Assignment
Research Presentation
Writing a Research Paper
Any other, please
mention

Out-of-Class Academic Collaboration (OCAC)

OCAC-Based ICA Components

Component Marks
Group Project
Group Assignment
Group Presentation
Workshops
Guest Lecture Series
Study Tours
Competitions
Exhibitions
Publications
Any other component,
please mention
Total Marks of Internal Continuous Assessment (ICA): 50 Marks

Distribution of ICA Marks: (Minimum 3 Components and Maximum 5 Components)

Description of ICA Marks

Presentation:
Individual / Group
Project:
10
Individual / Group
Assignments:
10
Individual / Group
Research Paper:
Individual / Group
Viva
Group Discussion
Quiz
Mid Term Test 20
Any Other (Class
10
Test)
Total Marks 50

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Chairperson Deans
Course Anchor Name: Name: Name:
Prof. Neelesh Kumar

Signature:
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Approved by Dean – ASM SOC