A Beginner’s Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility - FutureLearn

A Beginner’s Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility - FutureLearn

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Syllabus

Syllabus

Week 1: 
Understanding concepts and approaches
Week 2: Globalisation and sustainability. The triple bottom line
Week 3: The relationship of the company with shareholders and suppliers
Week 4: The relationship of the company with employees and government
Week 5: The relationship of the company with consumers and civil society
Week 6: Corporate Social Responsibility reporting

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Demonstrate understanding of what it means to be a socially responsible business and the expectations of society about businesses role in sustainable development
  • Identify the difference between true embeddedness of corporate social responsibility principles in business operations and green or whitewashing
  • Discuss the complexity of the relationship of a company with all its stakeholders (employees, consumers, government, suppliers, civil society and shareholders) in a rapidly changing international context
  • Critically evaluate corporate social responsibility reports according to their merits against the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental)

Prerequisite

This course is designed for mid-level managers and employees interested in how to embed corporate social responsibility principles in their operations.

It will benefit both those already in the role of reporting corporate social responsibility and those new to the concept.

Instructors

Rosa Fernandez
I'm Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick. Economist by training, my research interests are linked to sustainability (energy, food, CSR, education) and EU.

Editor

The University of Warwick ((/ˈwɒrɪk/)) is a public research university in Coventry, England. It was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education. Warwick Business School was established in 1967 and Warwick Medical School was opened in 2000. Warwick merged with Coventry College of Education in 1979 and Horticulture Research International in 2004.

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FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.

It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.

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