Teaching materials
The Chair develops its own teaching case studies and teaching publications for knowledge transfer and the development of competencies.
Textbook chapter: "Reporting, Materiality and Corporate Sustainability"
Historical development of sustainability reporting, country and sector-specific dissemination, statutory and voluntary reporting standards, Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), reporting principles (GRI), Integrated Reporting (IR), counter-reporting. Description of further teaching materials/publications and learning questions.
Herzig, C., (2023): Reporting, Materiality and Corporate Sustainability, in: Rasche, A., Morsing, M., Moon, J., Kourula, A., Eds., Corporate Sustainability: Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World, Cambridge University Press.
Textbook chapter: "Sustainability Reporting"
Development of sustainability reporting, mandatory reporting, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), reporting principles (GRI), integrated reporting (IR), counter-reporting, online reporting, description of 3 seminar units based on a critical examination of the Sustainable Living Plan and the sustainability reporting of the food manufacturer Unilever, materials (incl. multimedia links).
Herzig, C., Ghosh, B. (2023): Sustainability Reporting, in: Moltan-Hill, P., Ed., The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management: Principles and Practice, 3rd ed., Routledge.
Textbook: "Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie in Hessen. Ein Service Learning Seminar für verantwortungsvolles und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften"
Teaching concept and evaluation of the first ECG service learning seminar held in Hesse, presentation of the seven common good balance sheets and reports developed in the module by companies in the agricultural and food industry (primary production, processing, direct marketing, out-of-home catering).
Herzic, C., Stöhr, J., Busch, M. (2022): Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie in Hessen. Ein Service Learning Seminar für verantwortungsvolles und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften, Wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Praxisstudien zur nachhaltigen Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Vol. 3, 298 pages, forthcoming.
Textbook chapter: "Betriebliche Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung"
Historical development and forms of sustainability reporting, online reporting, case study of the baby food manufacturer Hipp GmbH & Co. Vertrieb KG.
Herzig, C., Pianowski, M. (2022): Betriebliche Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung, in: Pape, J., Baumast, A., (Eds.): Betriebliches Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement, 2nd ed., utb, 275-304 (previous versions of the book chapter were published by Eugen Exceler and UTB/Ulmer Publisher).
Textbook chapter: "Unternehmensführung und -kommunikation"
Confidence building and risks in the organic sector, overview of sustainability assessment approaches in the agricultural and food industry (SMART, RISE, etc.).
Herzig, C., Godemann, J. (2022): Unternehmensführung und -kommunikation, in: Wachendorf, M., Buerkert, A., Graß, R. (Eds.): Ökologische Landwirtschaft, utb, 2nd ed., 262-273.
Textbook chapter: "Internationaler Handel mit Öko-Produkten"
Developments and problems of international trade in organic products, advantages and disadvantages of cultivation and export for organic farmers in southern countries, import and export data, traceability, ecological footprint.
Herzig, C., Hamm, U., Zander, K. (2022): Internationaler Handel mit Öko-Produkten, in: Wachendorf, M., Buerkert, A., Graß, R. (Eds.): Ökologische Landwirtschaft, utb, 2nd ed., 333-343.
Textbook chapter: "Nachhaltigkeit auf dem Campus. Projekte, Konzepte und Impulse für eine nachhaltige Lehre"
Collection of implementation strategies and examples from interdisciplinary seminars of the design and career-oriented project study program "Teaching for a Sustainable University", which show how sustainability can be considered and implemented together in teaching and practice.
Chrubasik, N., Campos Mühlenhoff, S., Ernst, A., Herzig, C. (Eds.) (2022): Nachhaltigkeit auf dem Campus. Projekte, Konzepte und Impulse für eine nachhaltige Lehre, oekom, 240 pages.
Textbook chapter: "Verantwortungsbewusste Unternehmensführung am Beispiel der Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie..."
Development and evaluation of a teaching concept that deals with the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) and combines the principles of transdisciplinarity and service learning in its didactic implementation.
Stöhr, J., Herzig, C. (2021): Verantwortungsbewusste Unternehmensführung am Beispiel der Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie mithilfe von Service Learning und Transdisziplinarität lehren, in: Boos, A., van den Eeden, M., Viere, T., Eds., CSR und Hochschullehre. Management Series Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, 141-183.
Textbook chapter: "Improving Decision-Making through Material Flow Cost Accounting: the Case of VietGreen Bottled Mineral Water Company"
Teaching case study of a Vietnamese beverage producer (with teaching note) selected and presented by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) as one of three show cases in the IFAMA Teaching Case Workshop Serie (December 2020)
Tran, T., Herzig, C. (2021): Improving Decision-Making through Material Flow Cost Accounting: the Case of VietGreen Bottled Mineral Water Company, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 25(1), 37-48 (case presentation: youtube).
Textbook chapter: "Sustainability Reporting"
Development of sustainability reporting, reporting principles (GRI), counter-reporting, online reporting, description of 3 seminar units based on a critical examination of the Sustainable Living Plan and the sustainability reporting of the food manufacturer Unilever, materials (incl. multimedia links) and teaching note (available separately from the publisher).
Herzig, C., Ghosh, B. (2017): Sustainability Reporting, in: Moltan-Hill, P. (Hg.): The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Routledge, 84-119 (first edition of the book chapter (2014) was published by Greenleaf Publisher).
Textbook chapter: "Extending Environmental Impact to a Broader Sustainability Agenda"
Teaching case study (with teaching note) sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) as part of its Sustainability Research Initiative and awarded 1. Platz im CSEAR Case Study Competition Award at the Royal Holloway Conference in 2015
Grubnic, S., Herzig, C., Gond, J.-P., Moon, J. (2015): A New Era - Extending Environmental Impact to a Broader Sustainability Agenda: The Case of Commercial Group, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 35(3), 176-193.
Textbook chapter: "Environmental Management Accounting. Case Studies in South East-Asian Companies"
Application of environmental accounting methods (environmental cost accounting, external environmental costs, environmental investment calculations, life cycle assessment, etc.), explained on the basis of 12 individual case studies (including food processing, brewery, coffee production, rice mill industry, shrimp farming), the book is the result of an international development and research project that was recognized by the German UNESCO Commission for its good practice transfer through case study research and teaching in four Southeast Asian countries, book review published in the journal: Accounting Forum
Herzig, C., Viere, T., Schaltegger, S., Burritt, R.L. (2012): Environmental Management Accounting. Case Studies in South East-Asian Companies, Routledge, 326 pages.