Green Innovation and Business Ethics: The Future of Entrepreneurship
Learn how to foster an entrepreneurial culture in business and take a critical view of innovation and entrepreneurship in society.
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2 weeksWeekly study
5 hoursLanguages
English, Italiano, Español, Français, PortuguêsEnglish, Italiano, Español
Green Innovation and Business Ethics: The Future of Entrepreneurship
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Why join the course?
What’s the future of innovation in business – and how can entrepreneurs learn to innovate?
On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to look at the future of innovation and entrepreneurship and explore the contemporary issues that are vital to your journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Linking theories with practices, you’ll have a chance to find out how to use entrepreneurial behaviour to bring about a positive impact on society – and the negative behaviours to avoid. You’ll also learn to incorporate ethics into entrepreneurship through taking a critical view.
Finally, you’ll explore how to foster an empowering entrepreneurial culture that reflects your goals and values by investigating different cultural attitudes to entrepreneurship.
What is ethics and how can it be good for business?
Through examining innovation strategies, innovation management and types of innovation, you’ll uncover the issues and challenges of being more ethical in business – from gender parity and entrepreneurship in different cultures to fostering a more ethical work environment.
Creating sustainable innovation for future success
‘Eco innovation’ (or green innovation) can be a huge driver for business success – and it’s more vital now than ever. You’ll consider all the aspects of sustainable innovation in business – from the contemporary market to competitive landscape.
Syllabus
Week 1
The Impact of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Linking theory with practice
Identify the different effects of entrepreneurial behaviour and discuss how you see innovation and entrepreneurship impacting upon society both positively and adversely.
Contemporary issues in innovation and entrepreneurship
Explore the future of innovation and entrepreneurship and identify some of the contemporary issues affecting innovation and entrepreneurship in practice.
Coming up next
Review what you have learned in this week and look at what's next.
Week 2
Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Ethics and entrepreneurship
Discuss the role of ethics in entrepreneurship. Examine what we mean by ethics and listen to one business owner’s view of how they incorporate ethics in business.
Entrepreneurship in different cultures
In this activity, we examine the attitudes towards entrepreneurship in different cultures and discuss the driving factors for innovation and entrepreneurship in two different cultures.
Fostering an entrepreneurial culture
In this activity, we explore how you can foster an entrepreneurial culture at a macro (national) and micro (business) level.
Summary and reflection
Review what you have learned in this week and in the short course and look at what's next.
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Reflect on the impact of entrepreneurship and innovation on society
- Justify the role of ethics in business
- Explore contemporary issues facing entrepreneurship and innovation
- Evaluate the role of culture in entrepreneurial leadership
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone interested in applying entrepreneurship principles to their daily lives.
It will be of particular interest to people in business development, recruitment and business management roles looking to take their career to the next level.
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Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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