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Welcome to Responsible Business, 

In this module, we focus on challenging long-held assumptions about business and reframing them in ways that reflect contemporary social expectations around responsibility. Rather than viewing businesses only through traditional, profit-centred perspectives, we consider how organisations are understood as social actors with responsibilities that extend beyond financial performance.

You will be encouraged to critically understand and apply a range of theories, concepts, and approaches to business activity. By engaging with these perspectives, you are encouraged to question established narratives and explore more encompassing ways of understanding business, while appreciating the wider role of business in society today.

You will also be introduced to some core academic skills needed to study in higher education; skills you will continue to develop and deepen throughout your time at university.

During your time on this module we encourage you to remember that people learn at different speeds and in different ways. We will aim to develop an understanding of the concepts used from a range of perspectives to support you as fully as possible.

Please engage with the module and your lecturers. There is no "perfect" understanding of any concepts. You may well feel lost at times, but this is normal.

Please also remember to be respectful towards everyone on the module and at university more widely.

Please ensure that you follow all the suggested guidance and check your emails and Moodle every day.

After studying this module, you should be able to:

1. Examine and explain a range of relevant concepts, theories, and models for the solution of business and management      problems. 
2. Evaluate and discuss concepts relevant to issues of responsibility and sustainability in business development.
3. Source and engage with evidence and viewpoints for business-related issues and make supported assumptions, identify implications, and formulate conclusions.
4. Construct, communicate, and present coherent arguments, ideas, and findings clearly to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
5. Demonstrate transferable skills for employment or further study such as teamwork, reflection, critical thinking, and time management.