Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Business School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Module Offerings

5620DGABW-SEP-PAR

Aims

To develop students' understanding of responsibility and sustainability in tourism,
particularly focusing on tourism planning processes with regard to tourist
destinations and organisations

Learning Outcomes

1.
To develop students' understanding of responsibility and sustainability in tourism, particularly focusing on tourism planning processes with regard to tourist destinations and organisations
2.
To develop students' understanding of responsibility and sustainability in tourism, particularly focusing on tourism planning processes with regard to tourist destinations and organisations
3.
Devise requirements for a sustainable tourism strategy

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Concepts of sustainability and responsibility,
Historical development of relevant concepts,
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Stakeholders in the tourism planning process
Relationship between tourism and host communities,
Tourism policy and planning systems,
Sustainability within organisations – the triple bottom line (TBL) & environmental,
social and corporate governance (ESG)
Certification in sustainability
Economic, socio-cultural and environmental sustainability in destinations and
organisations
Module Overview:
Delivered by lectures and seminars

Assessments

Presentation

Report