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The World Class on Economic, Social and Ecological Ethics focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, competences and skills in the area of sustainable development. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are used as the underlying rationale to analyse the connection between sustainable patterns of production and consumption, care for the environment, wealth distribution, responsible governance and societal participation.

Leading with responsibility and integrity emerges as one of the central topics of contemporary societal and economic debate. How can people provide leadership in the professional world and in the world at large that responds to the public expectations and ethical principles of transparency, accountability and respect of diversity?

This course aims to develop critical thinking about the theory and practice of responsible leadership. It will examine different theories and will focus on dialogical leadership which enables transparent and effective deliberation. The thinking about leadership can apply to all sectors, though much of the leadership theory discussed emerges from business studies. 

Key Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate leadership theories, to apply theories on leadership in different contextual situations 
• Identify challenges with regard to leadership in practice and investigate in responsibility as guiding ethical principle for leadership
• Create an ethical framework of understanding leadership related to business, societal and cultural environments
• Draw upon learning contents from across the course to create meaningful and values-based statements on leadership within their own professional contexts.

The learning outcomes are embedded in the overall objective to allow participants to understand and engage creatively with the impact of institutional transformation based on ethics for the benefit of their institutions, companies and of society as a whole.

Job prospect

Successful participants habitually work in public or private professional sectors. Responsible leadership is considered as one of the few key competences decisive for all professional development initiatives and is considered as one of the key assets for employability. 

Leading with responsibility and integrity emerges as one of the central topics of contemporary societal and economic debate. How can people provide leadership in the professional world and in the world at large that responds to the public expectations and ethical principles of transparency, accountability and respect of diversity?

This course aims to develop critical thinking about the theory and practice of responsible leadership. It will examine different theories and will focus on dialogical leadership which enables transparent and effective deliberation. The thinking about leadership can apply to all sectors, though much of the leadership theory discussed emerges from business studies. 

Key Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate leadership theories, to apply theories on leadership in different contextual situations 
• Identify challenges with regard to leadership in practice and investigate in responsibility as guiding ethical principle for leadership
• Create an ethical framework of understanding leadership related to business, societal and cultural environments
• Draw upon learning contents from across the course to create meaningful and values-based statements on leadership within their own professional contexts.

The learning outcomes are embedded in the overall objective to allow participants to understand and engage creatively with the impact of institutional transformation based on ethics for the benefit of their institutions, companies and of society as a whole.

Job prospect

Successful participants habitually work in public or private professional sectors. Responsible leadership is considered as one of the few key competences decisive for all professional development initiatives and is considered as one of the key assets for employability.