ENBUS 631Stakeholder Engagement

This course focuses on the various approaches for business and organizations to engage both internal and external stakeholders. Content covers the identification and characterization of primary and secondary stakeholders; drivers and challenges in environmental, social and economic dimensions of engagement; approaches, including communication, consultation, dialogue and partnership and strategic considerations, business value, risk management, limitations and pitfalls. In additional, the course considers a firm's responsibility and spheres of influence. The Primary focus of this course will be on a for-profit company, though there are some applications to other types of organizations.