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Managing for Sustainability in Costa Rica (ADMS 4971)

Managing for Sustainability in Costa Rica (ADMS 4971)

Course Code: ADMS 4971
Course Date: April 24, 2025 to May 3, 2025
Course Instructor: Joel Marcus
 

Course Description

This course explores what it means to manage for sustainability through an immersive journey in Costa Rica, a country renowned for its rich ecology and biodiversity. York’s Eco Campus within the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor provides opportunity to examine sustainability within the embedded context of nature, and better appreciate the environmental foundations – and impacts – of human society and economic activity. Interconnections between place, people, and profits will be observed first-hand through wide-ranging activities including visits to biological reserves, homestays with Costa Rican families, interactive sessions with community leaders and tours of local businesses. From this situated vantage and using the local economic mainstays of coffee and tourism, we will trace the supply chain through to the global context of sustainability. Against the backdrop of climate change and societal unrest, we will compare and contrast mainstream corporate sustainability efforts and impacts with what we observe in Costa Rica. Our quest will be to understand how organizations might be managed for truly sustainable outcomes. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to reflect on their role as citizens, consumers, and prospective managers, and the implications of sustainability for their lives and future careers.
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