2017/2018
KAN-CCBLO1701U Business and Social Responsibility in
Francophone Countries
| English Title |
| Business and Social Responsibility in
Francophone Countries |
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| Language |
French |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Mette Zølner - Department of Management, Society and
Communication (MSC)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- CSR and sustainability
- Language
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Last updated on
05-01-2018
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors:
- Content:
- The student should be able to formulate a relevant topic for
discussion based on the themes and concepts in the course
literature.
- The student should be able to account for institutional
contexts as these are covered in the course literature.
- The student should be able to account for the concept of social
responsibility.
- The student should be able to account for the main actors of
social responsibility in the two institutional contexts.
- The student should be able to reflect analytically upon the
concept of social responsibility and upon challenges of applying it
in selected Francophone countries.
- The student should ensure that the discussion moves forward by
elaborating upon the topics and concepts raised and he/she should
actively relate these to other topics and concepts addressed during
the course, without having to be prompted by the examiner.
- Language:
- The student should be able to present and discuss a given topic
in French using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and academic
terminology.
- The student should be able to communicate in a coherent manner
without committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation
errors that disturb communication.
- The student should be able to show sufficient linguistic
awareness and to correct any errors in the exam situation.
- The student should be able to demonstrate that s/he is
sufficiently at ease in the language to respond fluently to the
examiner’s questions, so that the examination flows as a
dialogue.
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| Examination |
The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
| Business and
Social Responsibility in Francophone Countries -
Content: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 3 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the content of the synopsis and the oral presentation. | | Assignment type | Synopsis | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
| Business and
Social Responsibility in Francophone Countries -
Language: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 3 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the students' language skills. | | Assignment type | Synopsis | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
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| Course content and structure |
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The course will focus on how global management trends and
fashions are being received and adapted in two French speaking
countries, one in Europe (i.e. France) and another in North-Africa
(Morocco). The course adopts a comparative perspective in order to
illustrate how history, traditions and institutions contribute in
enabling and constraining how business actors’ sensemaking.
The ideal of socially responsible business will be used as a
lens for comparing institutional particularities and diversities as
well as different groups of business actors and their identities.
Particular attention will be paid to the various and conflicting
business’ (MNCs, SME and sectoral interests) and stakeholders’
interests when business and social responsibility acquire sense in
the two francophone countries.
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| Teaching methods |
A combination of lectures and student
presentations, with focus on students’ abilities to analyze and
conceptualize thematic and theoretical features against the
backdrop of the course literature. Teaching and literature will be
in French.
Course material will consist of articles from magazines and
chapters from books. Some will be written for a broad public, and
others will be academic articles. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
Student feedback occurs regularly throughout the
course, e.g. group exercises in class and student presentations.
Students are also encouraged to ask questions during course
sessions, during breaks as well to use the teacher’s office hours.
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| Student workload |
| Lectures |
30 hours |
| Exam |
0.5 hours |
| Preparation |
175.5 hours |
| Total |
206 hours |
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Last updated on
05-01-2018
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