Module manager: Valeriya Dinger
Email: V.N.Dinger@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| LUBS2205 | Corporate Finance |
| LUBS2260 | Banks and Banking Systems |
| LUBS2265 | Commercial Banking |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The aim of this module is to develop students' higher level technical, professional and ethical skills appropriate for a career in banking and finance in times of technological and sustainability challenges. The module is focused on a critical evaluation of the financial and ethical dimensions of various aspects of sustainability, e.g., environmental and societal sustainability. The module begins with a review of the academic literature on sustainability, which will provide the knowledge base that students will need in the second part of the module, where they will be required to prepare an individual sustainability report and present the key findings of their reports in groups. Students will need to demonstrate professional and ethical judgement combined with communication skills.
The aim of this module is to develop students' higher level technical, professional, ethical and communication skills appropriate for a career in banking and finance in times of technological and sustainability challenges.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how decisions in banking and finance affect environmental and social sustainability;
2. Evaluate the available options for reducing environmental and social externalities; and
3. Discuss key ethical concepts related to sustainability and evaluate their application in banking and finance.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Identify issues that raise professional responsibilities and consequences of unethical behaviour and formulate appropriate professional recommendations with regard to various dimensions of sustainability;
- Demonstrate technical, analytical, evaluative and integrative skills appropriate to a professional in the banking and finance discipline;
- Develop their writing and presentation skills.
Indicative content:
Sustainability issues as a form of externality; the ethical dimensions of unsustainable business behavior; the role of banking in achieving sustainability; sustainability metrics and greenwashing; regulation of sustainability.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Lecture | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Private study hours | 160 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, data collection, report writing, preparing presentation slides.
There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 4,000 word individual project report | 75 |
| Presentation | Group presentation (4 students per group, 20 minutes duration) | 25 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by individual coursework.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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