Corporate and Social Responsibility

Module code: SIB7014-A

Module Aims       

A1. To develop your theoretical understanding of organisational activities and the complexities that arise in the management of sustainability, business ethics, and CSR as a consequence of the interrelationships that exist between them.

A2. Develop your competence in a range of analytical and personal skills to enable you to make an effective and immediate contribution to the performance of an organisation in terms of sustainability, business ethics, and CSR.

A3.Develop your critical awareness of the current issues affecting sustainability, business ethics, and CSR.

Outline Syllabus   

Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, triple bottom line, Stakeholder Theory, ethical issues in relationships between firms and their stakeholders (e.g. shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, civil society organisations and governments), traditional and contemporary ethical theory, ethical decision-making, CSR- and Sustainability-related tools and techniques within organisations (e.g. codes of conduct and non-financial reporting), 'management capture' of corporate responsibility, corporate responsibility practice, ethics and responsibility in large and small and medium enterprises.

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