BUSN 6402 — Stakeholder Values and Societal Challenges in Business
2 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springOnlineOnline
Examines how to analyze the impact that societal challenges have in business decision making. Focuses on the challenges that companies face when embracing and empowering goals to add value to their shareholders and stakeholders while “doing good.” Examines the increasingly complex relations between businesses with outsized power and reach and governments in developed and emerging economies. Studies the implications of firm-level and government-level decision making and the impact on the specific communities where decisions are enacted. Studies the roles played by for-profit entities, not-for-profit entities, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies in exploring, understanding, and achieving progress with these challenges.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 82 | 100 | 82% | 18.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 93 | 200 | 47% | 107.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 58 | 200 | 29% | 142.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 73 | 150 | 49% | 77.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Marla Baskerville (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Marla Baskerville (71% of students) · reviews
- Mary Steffel (29% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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