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Business 101 Module
We have piloted a module for first semester undergraduate students on developing sustainable businesses for subsistence contexts with ongoing efforts to scale it to all incoming business students as a part of a Business 101 course on professional responsibility.
This module combines the twin issues of sustainability and poverty alleviation to highlight professional responsibility organized around a central, interdisciplinary business function, i.e., product development. Students participate in a poverty simulation, and analyze interviews and videos to understand the subsistence contexts. Using a number of assignments and class discussions to understand subsistence and sustainability, groups generate product ideas, develop a business plan, make presentations, and participate in a poster session.
To learn more please visit the Business 101 website.
