Course detail

Ethics and economy of environment

FAST-7V4Acad. year: 2018/2019

Introduction, environmental code, basic terminology
Ecological crisis, causes of ecological crisis, consequences of ecological crisis, sustainable development
Ecological ethics, basic directions of ecological thinking, education of ecological-ethical behaviour
Ecological chart, ecological ethics in water management, ecological-ethical behaviour in business, ecology ethics and EU
Ecologically based firm management, goals and strategies of firm ecology, ecology of products
Economical instruments of environmental care, economy in ecology, evaluation of construction from ecological point of view

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vít Hromádka, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Basic information from area of macroeconomics and microeconomics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Basic terminology
2. Basic components of environment
3. Environment degradation and its consequences
4. Basic microeconomic and macroeconomic context of environmental protection
5. Economical valuation of natural goods, ways and instruments of environmental protection for its effectiveness
6.-7. Ecological state policy and its instruments in Czech republic
8. Ecological policy and business strategies
9. Organisation systems of environmental protection in CZ
10. International and global problems of environmental protection
11. Informatics and environment
12.-13. Ethics of environment

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To understand to basic macroeconomic and microeconomic consequences of environmental degradation and know about economical instruments used for environment protection. To acquire ability to orient in legal enactment related to environment protection.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Legislativní normy o životním prostředí.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Hromádka, Ph.D.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Hromádka, Ph.D.