Ateneo - UPO

Business activity within the framework of constitutional principles. Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. Socio-environmental sustainability and financial sustainability from the perspective of SMEs. Sustainability, supply chain, and artificial intelligence. Sustainability and gender balance.

• S. Ambrosini, L'impresa nella Costituzione, Zanichelli, 2024 (limited to Chapters I and II, pages 1 to 43, and M. Callegari’s essay, Il problema della sostenibilità della gestione imprenditoriale, in Chapter VII, Section I, pages 141 to 151);
• F. Balluchi, K. Furlotti (eds.), La responsabilità sociale delle imprese, Un percorso verso lo sviluppo sostenibile, Giappichelli, 2022 (limited to pages 1 to 152); • P. Montalenti (ed.), Impresa e sostenibilità, in Giurisprudenza italiana, 2024, pages 1190 to 1252;
• S. Pacchi, Sostenibilità, fattori ESG e crisi d’impresa, in ristrutturazioniaziendali.ilcaso.it, May 26, 2023.

Basic knowledge in the following areas: business activities within the framework of constitutional principles, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility.

Classroom lectures

Class attendance is voluntary (not mandatory). Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or specialeducation needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor incharge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.When dealing with ESG aspects and the sustainability objective, the importance of goodcorporate governance will be highlighted in the various profiles, including gender equality.
In relation to the topic of gender equality, the mechanisms aimed at reducing the gender gap will be examined. E. Desana's essay, Sostenibilità ed equilibrio di genere, is dedicated to these issues.

Oral exams (with the possibility of including written tests with open-ended questions). The course involves the implementation of compensatory and dispensatory tools for students with Specific Learning Disabilities (Law 170/2010) or for students who fall under the so-called Special Educational Needs. The individualization of learning and exam methods will be agreed upon in class.

1. Business activity within the framework of constitutional principles: private property, economic initiative, labor.
2. The problematic balance between economic freedom, labor, health, and the environment: the case of the former Ilva steelworks in Taranto.
3. Sustainability and the contribution of companies to sustainable development.
4. Foundational aspects of corporate social responsibility.
5. Ethics and business.
6. The issue of the sustainability of business management.
7. Corporate social responsibility and corporate governance.
8. Sustainability, supply chain, and artificial intelligence.
9. Sustainability and gender balance.

Acquisition of advanced knowledge regarding the judicial profiles of sustainable business development in light of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) factors.