Within IO#3 the learning materials on sustainability for students in the form of e-book has been prepared. E-book as a form of textbook is innovation as still most of textbooks are published in hard copies. A textbook for students with the knowledge which is to share during the course on sustainability has been produced. The-book is dedicated to business students participating in the course on sustainability. Its aim is to fulfill students needs of getting all the required knowledge and information in one source. This e-book covers the conent of whole course on sustainability. It is divided into parts and chapters according to syllabus (IO#2).
The e-book tilted: ‘SUSTAINABILITY. E-BOOK FOR STUDENTS’ has been created by an international team of twenty one authors. It is divided into five chapters and twenty four subchapters. It has been reviewed by an independent reviewer and published by ‘Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe’ publishing house. It has a DOI number assigned (https://doi.org/10.12657/978-83-7986-488-1) and it is 491 page long.
As it was mentioned, the e-book is divided into five chapters: Introduction to Sustainability, Macroeconomics Approach to Sustainability, Sustainable Business Strategies, Sustainable Consumer Behavior, and Disclosures in Sustainable Business Practices. It starts with a comprehensive introduction to sustaianablity (Chapter 1). Among other things, the chapter addresses such issues as: climate change, resource usage, and proinvironmental Policy. The book also provides a macroeconomic approach to sustainability (chapter 2), examining the economic and social dimensions of sustainability and their inter-linkages. It also covers sustainable business strategies (Chapter 3), which will help students understand how companies can undertake sustainable activities such introducing CSR principles or creating green supply chains. On the other hand, reprehensible practices such as greenwashing and social washing are also pointed out. The fourth chapter focuses on sustainable consumer behavior, examining sustainable consumption patterns, minimalizm and slow life. The last chapter (Chapter 5) explores the issue of disclosures in sustainable business practices, examining the various standards and guidelines that companies must follow when reporting on their sustainability performance.
All subchapters are structured as follows: annotation, background, discussion questions, and tasks for students, as well as further reading. The material covered is based on the latest research and best practices in sustainability, and it has been carefully selected to provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge.
It should give a possitive impact both on students from partners' universities as they are geting easy and free-of-charge access to textbook and on all other students, managers, employees or any other citizens who are interested in topic of sustainability. The open and free of charge access to this e-book gives also a potential to make this IO widely used also by teachres, trainers and educators also outside of the partnership if they wish to implement topics regarding the sustainability into their education practices.
The e-book is open source one, possible to download for free HERE>>>
The e-book tilted: ‘SUSTAINABILITY. E-BOOK FOR STUDENTS’ has been created by an international team of twenty one authors. It is divided into five chapters and twenty four subchapters. It has been reviewed by an independent reviewer and published by ‘Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe’ publishing house. It has a DOI number assigned (https://doi.org/10.12657/978-83-7986-488-1) and it is 491 page long.
As it was mentioned, the e-book is divided into five chapters: Introduction to Sustainability, Macroeconomics Approach to Sustainability, Sustainable Business Strategies, Sustainable Consumer Behavior, and Disclosures in Sustainable Business Practices. It starts with a comprehensive introduction to sustaianablity (Chapter 1). Among other things, the chapter addresses such issues as: climate change, resource usage, and proinvironmental Policy. The book also provides a macroeconomic approach to sustainability (chapter 2), examining the economic and social dimensions of sustainability and their inter-linkages. It also covers sustainable business strategies (Chapter 3), which will help students understand how companies can undertake sustainable activities such introducing CSR principles or creating green supply chains. On the other hand, reprehensible practices such as greenwashing and social washing are also pointed out. The fourth chapter focuses on sustainable consumer behavior, examining sustainable consumption patterns, minimalizm and slow life. The last chapter (Chapter 5) explores the issue of disclosures in sustainable business practices, examining the various standards and guidelines that companies must follow when reporting on their sustainability performance.
All subchapters are structured as follows: annotation, background, discussion questions, and tasks for students, as well as further reading. The material covered is based on the latest research and best practices in sustainability, and it has been carefully selected to provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge.
It should give a possitive impact both on students from partners' universities as they are geting easy and free-of-charge access to textbook and on all other students, managers, employees or any other citizens who are interested in topic of sustainability. The open and free of charge access to this e-book gives also a potential to make this IO widely used also by teachres, trainers and educators also outside of the partnership if they wish to implement topics regarding the sustainability into their education practices.
The e-book is open source one, possible to download for free HERE>>>