Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Dorothy A Paun
ESRM 321
Seattle Campus

Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective

Introduction to business concepts relating to finance, accounting, and international business in the context of environmental resource management. Offered: WS.

Class description

The professor, a former stockbroker, will discuss: 1) finance and accounting fundamentals; 2) corporate environmental and social responsibility performance; 3) stock markets and investing; 4) financial statement and sustainability report analyses; 5) "triple bottom line" sustainability assessment (financial, environmental, and social).

Student learning goals

See above.

General method of instruction

Lectures, video case studies, group discussions, and exercises.

Recommended preparation

No prerequisites. This is an introductory course about business from an environmental and social responsibility perspective. Both non-business and business majors take this course.

Class assignments and grading

See syllabus.

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Modified:May 17, 2013