After completing the course, the student is able to:
- apply the key concepts of a responsible business and sharing economy in her/his thinking and reasoning
- recognise business opportunities related to strategic responsibility and the creation of common value
- analyse the purpose of an organisation’s stakeholders and their role in responsible business and in creating shared value
- describe and assess business and management from the viewpoint of stakeholder thinking and responsible business
- acknowledge responsibility and value questions in strategy work
- produce critical thinking and problem solving in a changing operational environment

- Responsible business and sustainable development
- Effects of a sharing economy on business and customer behaviour
- Strategic responsibility and creation of shared value
- Stakeholder analysis and stakeholder dialogue
- Responsibility communication and reporting
- Development of a responsible organisation culture

Depending on the implementation, learning takes place in contact lessons, as independent studies, teamwork and/or online-studies. The course includes the assessment of one’s own learning.

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
If students have acquired the required competence in previous work tasks, recreational activities or on another course, they can show their competence via a demonstration. The demonstration must be agreed with the course teacher. More information and instructions for recognising and validating prior learning (RPL) are available at https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/recognition-learning Look at "Instructions to students (master)"

Course materials on Moodle

Contemporary business means businesses are no longer judged solely by their profits, but by their impact on society, the environment, and global communities. Join the course to learn how you can navigate and manage this shift and explore how businesses can drive positive change while still achieving their strategic goals.

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.

No prerequisites

The student is able to define the key concepts of a responsible business and sharing economy. S/he recognises the main stakeholders and their purpose in a responsible business. S/he can describe business and management from the viewpoint of responsible business and stakeholder thinking.

In addition to the competences in grade 1, the student can apply the key concepts of a responsible business and sharing economy in her/his thinking and reasoning. S/he can utilise the models of stakeholder analysis and dialogue. S/he is able to acknowledge responsibility and value questions in strategy work.

In addition to the competences in grades 1 and 3, the student can analyse the purpose of an organisation’s stakeholders and their role in responsible business and in creating shared value. S/he develops business and management from the viewpoints of stakeholder thinking and responsible business. S/he is able to think critically and solve problems in a changing operational environment.