International Project Week 2024
The theme of this year’s IPW is Business Ethics, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility.
The event takes place on 13th - 17th May 2024.
Invitation for visiting lecturers:
The IPW 2024 is organised at Myyrmäki campus as an on-site event and is open for the partner universities of Metropolia Business School. The registration will be open for partner university representatives and students.
IPW Business Ethics, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility
We invite you to share your expertise on the topic by
- Giving a 90-minute lecture on your field of expertise in parallel sessions to 2 different groups of students. (i.e. the same lecture twice during the week).
- Bringing along a real-life company case on sustainability
- Coaching a group of 10-20 students to solve the business case provided by you.
The Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) for the students are to:
- utilise the expertise of visiting lecturers to build on previous learning to solve an ethical and corporate social responsibility case.
- discuss current ethical and corporate social responsibility dilemmas and find solutions to them.
- collaborate in multicultural teams to produce a unified approach to corporate social responsibility cases.
- produce a team poster reflecting key insights gained during the week and potential solutions to the case(s)
- present the poster with clarity to an audience of professors, peers and company representatives.
What’s in it for you?
Metropolia Business School’s IPW on Business Ethics, Sustainability & CSR will include the following aspects:
- A real-life business case for students to solve and present solutions
- Teachers as keynote speakers in parallel lecture sessions
- Teachers as facilitators and sparring partners in solving the case
- Multidisciplinary approach to problem solving and solving ethical dilemmas
- International student teams from both the international and Finnish undergraduate degree programmes
- Cooperation with other visiting/MBS lecturers during the IPW and opportunities to discuss potential joint initiatives and develop cross-disciplinary actions.
- You’ll also take part in “excellent activities” (according to previous years’ feedback) organised by your hosts.
Erasmus+
The week is organized within the framework of Erasmus+. Please consult your international office whether it is possible for you to fund the participation through Erasmus+ Teacher Exchange. This requires an Erasmus+ agreement between your institution and the Metropolia Business School. However, the international project week does not fulfill the student’s Erasmus+ Blended Mobility criteria as the scope of the week is 2 ECTS.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Questions?
Please contact the organisation team mbs_exchange [at] metropolia.fi (mbs_exchange[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Programme
Preliminary outline of the week – Subject to change
| Date | Time | Program | Details |
| Sun 12.5. | 18.00 | Welcome to Metropolia Business School: Informal get-together | Helsinki city center |
| Mon 13.5. | 9.00-10.30 | IPW kick off & opening IPW practical matters Introducing guest lecturers | A-auditorium (MMA101) |
| Keynote speaker | |||
10.30-11.30 | Group formation Introductions, attendance list, case introduction, homework material etc |
Own classroom | |
| 11.30-12.30 | Lunch with your own group | Metropolia cafeteria | |
12.30 - 16.00 12.30 - 14.00 14.15 - 15.45 | Expert Lectures Parallel Sessions lecture 1 Parallel Sessions lecture 2 | ||
| Students’ independent case reading | |||
| 18.00-20.00 | Social program for visiting lecturers: Helsinki walking tour | Meeting at the Senate Square (or at the Oodi Library in case of heavy rain or snow) | |
| Tues 14.5. | 9.00 - 12.15 9.00 - 10.30 10.45 - 12.15 | Expert Lectures Parallel Sessions lecture 3 Parallel Sessions lecture 4 | Own classroom |
| 12.15 - 13.00 | Lunch | Metropolia cafeteria | |
| 13.00 - 16.00 | Case Workshop with lecturers | Own classroom | |
| 16.00 | Social program for visiting lecturers: Parliament of Finland | ||
| Wed 15.5. | 9.00 - 12.00 | Case Workshop with lecturers | Own classroom
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| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch when best suited to group’s schedule | Metropolia cafeteria | |
| 13.00 - 16.00 | Case Workshop with lecturers | Own classroom
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| 18.00- | Social program for visiting lecturers | ||
Thu 16.5. | 9.00 | Poster presentation briefing | A-auditorium (MMA101) |
| 9.30 - 12.00 | Case Workshop | Own classroom
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| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch when best suited to group’s schedule | Metropolia cafeteria | |
| 13.00 - 16.00 | Case Workshop Posters ready by 16.00 |
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| 18.00 | Social program for visiting lecturers Final dinner | Helsinki city center
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Fri 17.5. | 9.00 | Meet with case group |
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9.15 - 10.30 10.45 - 12.00 | Lunch between/during the poster presentations | C-wing lobby area/MMC104 | |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Closing ceremony | A-auditorium |