Module Readings and Assignment:
Complete the following readings early in the module:
Read the overview/online lectures for the Module
From the textbook, Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, read the following chapters:
The sustainable value portfolio
Clean technology and creative destruction
Innovation from the bottom-up
From the Argosy University online library resources, read:
Srinivasan, S. & Singh, R. K. (2010). The persistence of green goodwill. Environment, Development, and Sustainability, 12(5), 825-837.
Module Overview
Assignment: Course Project-Sustainability Programs
Instructions:
In this assignment, you will continue your analysis of sustainability issues at a hypothetical organization-Top Shelf Shoes. This assignment will allow you the opportunity to build knowledge and practice of the sustainable elements of corporate operations.
Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research sustainability products and programs.
Write a memo to Tie, the founder of Top Shelf Shoes, that explains how one-off products or programs, such as the Green Shoe or a shoe-recycling program, may be insufficient to achieve the broader goals of sustainability.
As part of the memo also address the following as they apply to Top Shelf Shoes. Make assumptions about the company product line as necessary.
Analyze specific business products and practices as they relate to eco-efficiency.
Analyze specific business products and practices as they relate to product stewardship and supply chains.
Explain how eco-efficiency and product stewardship can contribute to sustainability and achieving business goals.
Write a 3-4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.