| Learning objectives |
- Describe, classify, criticize, structure, and combine the
concepts, theories and methods related to the broader debate around
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Describe and analyze the main contemporary challenges for
business organizations vis-à-vis their different stakeholders,
including the impact they have on their stakeholders.
- Understand how social and environmental issues create problems
and opportunities for corporations, and how these issues can be
addressed by different corporate functions.
- Understand how businesses interact with relevant actors in the
non-market environment, including, but not limited to: governments,
non-governmental organizations, business associations, and
international organizations.
- Apply the concepts, theories, and frameworks discussed in class
to concrete cases and examples.
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| Examination |
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The
Corporation in Society: Managing Beyond Markets:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam on CBS'
computers |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
2 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Aids |
Closed book: no aids
However, at all
written sit-in exams the student has access to the basic IT
application package (Microsoft Office (minus Excel), digital pen
and paper, 7-zip file manager, Adobe Acrobat, Texlive, VLC player,
Windows Media Player), and the student is allowed to bring simple
writing and drawing utensils (non-digital). PLEASE NOTE: Students
are not allowed to communicate with others during the
exam. |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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| Course content and structure |
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Today’s business environment has powerfully reinforced the
centrality of responsible business practices. Especially when
looking at the many governance gaps that persist in the global
economy and the inability of transnational political actors to
address them, reflections about the responsibility of corporations
for social and environmental problems seem inevitable.
This course explores the changing role of business in global
society by looking at how firms increasingly interact with actors
in the non-market environment, including, but not limited to:
governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social
movements, and international organizations. We will make extensive
use of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which
is critically reflected upon and compared with other concepts such
as corporate accountability, corporate citizenship, and stakeholder
management. The main aim of the course is to enable students to
understand how businesses are affected by and affect many of
today’s societal challenges, such as: corruption, climate change,
poverty, and human rights.
The course starts with a theoretically grounded introduction of the
debate around CSR and related concepts. This introduction frames
the overall debate and familiarizes students with key terminology.
Next, students will apply these theoretical insights to discuss
corporations’ responsibilities with regard to selected issue areas
(e.g. labor rights in global supply chains). Finally, students
learn about how and why business firms increasingly interact with
governmental and non-governmental actors (e.g. via public-private
partnerships).
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Lectures, class discussions, cases, videos
supplements, and student activity |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Student feedback will occur throughout class
(e.g. after case sessions and also during the mid-term evaluation).
Students can also make use of office hours and see the lecturer in
class breaks or before/after class. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
36 hours |
| Exam |
2 hours |
| Preparation |
168 hours |
| Total |
206 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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To be announced on Learn
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