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2021/2022  BA-BBLCU6001U  The Corporation in Society: Managing Beyond Markets

English Title
The Corporation in Society: Managing Beyond Markets

Kursusinformation
Sprog Dansk
Kursets ECTS 7,5 ECTS
Type Obligatorisk
Niveau Bachelor
Varighed Et semester
Starttidspunkt Forår
Tidspunkt Skemaet bliver offentliggjort på calendar.cbs.dk
Studienævn
Studienævnet for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture, BSc
Kursusansvarlig
  • Andreas Rasche - Institut for Ledelse, Samfund og Kommunikation (MSC)
Primære fagområder
  • CSR og bæredygtighed/CSR and sustainability
Undervisningsformer
  • Tilstedeværelsesundervisning
Sidst opdateret den 10-06-2021

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Læringsmål
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
  • 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.
Prøve/delprøver
The Corporation in Society: Managing beyond Markets:
Prøvens ECTS 7,5
Prøveform Skriftlig stedprøve på CBS' computere
Individuel eller gruppeprøve Individuel prøve
Opgavetype Opgavebesvarelse
Varighed 2 timer
Bedømmelsesform 7-trins-skala
Bedømmer(e) En eksaminator
Eksamensperiode Sommer
Hjælpemidler Uden hjælpemidler
Bemærk dog at ved alle skriftlige stedprøver har den studerende adgang til IT-basispakken (Microsoft Office (minus Excel), digital pen og papir, 7-zip file manager, Adobe Acrobat, Texlive, VLC player, Windows Media Player), og den studerende må medbringe simple skrive- og tegneredskaber (ikke-digitale). BEMÆRK: Det er ikke tilladt at kommunikere med andre under prøven.
Syge-/omprøve
Samme prøveform som ved ordinær prøve
Hvis antallet af eksaminander til omprøven tilsiger, at prøven mest hensigtsmæssigt kan afholdes som mundtlig prøve, vil sekretariatet give meddelelse om at omprøven afholdes som mundtlig prøve i stedet. Der vil i så fald være bi-eksaminator, medmindre prøven er ekstern.
Kursets indhold, forløb og pædagogik

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 and critically appraise 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).

 

The basic pedagogical approach rests on an interactive lecturing style and case-based reflections on topics. Students are asked to adequately prepare cases and to actively participate in class discussions. 
Beskrivelse af undervisningsformer
The courses uses a variety of different methods, such as, but not limited to: interactive lectures, group-based class discussions, cases, videos supplements, and student polls.
Feedback i undervisningen
During the course, students are exposed to five case sessions during which real-life applications of the discussed topics are being discussed. Students are asked to prepare the cases at home. Oral feedback is given collectively at the lectures in which cases are being discussed. The oral feedback is based on the students' answers to the discussion questions as well as their preparation of the case at home. Further collective oral feedback is given throughout the lecture when students are asked to comment on selected videos that discuss the topics which are covered in class. The oral feedback discusses whether students have acknowledged all perspectives that are covered in the video shorts.
Studenterarbejdstimer
Lectures 36 timer
Preparation 168 timer
Exam 2 timer
In total 206 timer
Yderligere oplysninger

This course will run for the first time in Spring 2023 for BLC students in their 4th semester.
Foreløbig litteratur

Chapters from: 

Rasche, A./Morsing, M./Moon, J. (2017). Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication, Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Plus additional readings, such as:

Karnani, A. (2011).  ”Doing Well by Doing Good”: The Grand Illusion. California Management Review, 53, 69-89.

A. Crane and D. Matten (2007). Business Ethics. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 90-121).

Rasche, A. (2012).  The United Nations and Transnational Corporations: How the UN Global Compact Has Changed the Debate, in: Lawrence, J./Beamish, P. (eds.) Globally Responsible Leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 33-49.

 

Plus Cases:

Harvard Business School Cases on: IKEA (Global Sourcing), Siemens (Anti-Corruption), and Shell (operations in Nigeria)
Sidst opdateret den 10-06-2021