Summary of content

The module has two cross-cutting themes: ethics and international political-economic cultural perspectives. The module leads students to ascertain the complex entrenchment of ethical business and political-cultural diversities as two sides of the same coin. Being aware of what an ethical behaviour implies becomes both more challenging and more relevant when a business operates across cultures or countries. Hence, the module shall provide prospective leaders of global business essential knowledge cutting across economy, law and politics that is necessary for successfully operating internationally. It also provides knowledge of underpinning beliefs and values that have shaped capitalism and world economy across the last decades and that have led to the creation of the current international political-economic ruling regimes. The module's themes run through components: global political economy, international law, markets and economic behaviour and are underpinned by the United Nations Sustainability Goals and United Nations PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education).

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