Global styring av bærekraftige verdikjeder

Organization of green supply management programs, including relationships to suppliers, structuring of suppliers and green procurement and purchasing. Particular focus is given to challenges related to suppliers from other parts of the world, and the responsibility that Norwegian companies may have to make sure that their suppliers are acting according to national and international regulations and good Social Responsibility (SR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices. The supply management challenges of small projects and temporary organizations with limited staff capacity are also included. Principles for SR founded on global sustainable governance, international standards, planetary boundaries and resilience, international agreements and initiatives(UN, OECD, EU, SDG,Climate Agreement, Global Compact, WBCSD, standards (ISO 26000 etc), DPSIR) and how SR is related to the Norwegian Systematic Health, Environmental and Safety Activities in Enterprises - SHE Internal Control Regulations. Ethical reasoning, interests and rights connected to workers, labor organizations, NGOs, developing countries, society and ecological sustainability related to projects and global enterprises, and methods and tools for development of strategies and implementation of CSR-systems along the value chain and reporting, including Global Reporting Initiative, and indexes for companies sustainablity.

The position of the course: The course is obligatory in the project management program (MSPROMAN) and can be chosen as an elective by other study programs. It is particularly well suited for MTIØT, MIHMS, MSGlobalization and MSINDECOL. The course will give the following knowledge: - General knowledge about global framework for green business, supply and value chains based on the principles of social responsibility including human rights, rights and protection of workers and ecological sustainability and resilience - General knowledge about suppliers and supply chain logistics - Specific knowledge about SHE-legislation and practice in Norway - Specific knowledge about utilization of international standards, tools and measures for analysing, implementing evaluating ad reporting on SR-challenges within the context of holistic systems understanding - Specific knowledge about facilitation of environmental and SHE-management as integrating part along the value and supply chain by using sustainable logistic and green purchasing and procurement - Specific knowledge about the principles of sustainability in purchasing, and the buyers responsibility for supply network sustainability Competences developed in this course: - Competence to apply systems theory in analyzing and implementing SR and SHE principles and methods as integrated parts of supply and value chains for global enterprises and large projects - Competence to apply network analysis to the responsibility of a buyer in dealing with a supply chain or network. Other important learning outcomes: - By means of theory and exercises, the student will be able to reflect on ethical issues connected to SR, supply chains and purchasing for promotion of sustainable industrial projects and value chains - Through the group work in the exercise, the student will develop his or her skills of working in groups, and in helping groups to function effectively - Through the group work, students will develop their skill of analysing and discussing a scientific problem - the report of the exercise will give the student a chance to develop their skills in writing scientific reports.

Lectures and a written exercise. The exercise is compulsory and done in groups. Portfolio assessment is the basis for the grade in the course. The portfolio includes a final written exam (60%) and the exercise (40%). The results for the parts are given in %-scores, while the entire portfolio is assigned a letter grade. Exercises are adjusted to the students study programme. Postponed/repeated exams may be oral. The course is in English.