Resources

Student resources

UBC Sauder offers a wide range of opportunities for students to get involved in activities focused on the intersection of business and ethics, sustainability, responsibility or values.

• Chasing Sustainability Conference
• Sauder Philanthropy Program Speaker Series
• Social Enterprise Conference
• Social Enterprise Club Innovation Jam
• The UBC Changemakers Showcase

Competitions

• Ernst & Young Sustainability Case Competition
• National Strategy Consulting Competition & Conference
• UBC Design Challenge
• Ted Rogers Ethics Case Competition

Student clubs

• CUS Sustainability
• Young Women in Business (UBC Chapter)

Other initiatives

• Sauder Philanthropy Program
• Net Impact (UBC Chapter)
• Enactus (UBC Chapter)

Courses

Whether at the undergraduate or graduate level, UBC Sauder provides students with numerous curriculum choices focused on either ethics, sustainability, responsibility or values in business.

Undergraduate courses in sustainability and ethics

• COMM 386A Business Ethics Leadership
• COMM 487 Environmental Management
• COMM 485 Social Entrepreneurship
• COMM 460 Social and Non-Profit Marketing
• COMM 484 Sustainability Marketing
• COMM 388 Design Strategies for Business Innovation: Studio Practice
• COMM 486M Strategy and Integrated Decision Making
• COMM 483 Leadership and General Management
• COMM 386J Strategies for Responsible Business
• COMM 386L Impact Investing: Social Finance in the 21st Century
• COMM 386I Innovation and Sustainability

MBA courses in sustainability and ethics

• Core module: Ethics and Sustainability
• Elective module: Innovation and Sustainability
• Elective module: Social Entrepreneurship

Programs & certifications in sustainability and ethics

• Concentration in Sustainability (BCom)
• Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education