Course: Corporate Social Responsibility

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Course title Corporate Social Responsibility
Course code KUMK/MXCSR
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Benyahya Petra, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of CSR, historical development 2. Stakeholder - employees 3. Stakeholder - customers 4. The economic pillar of CSR 5. The social pillar of CSR 6. Environmental pillar of CSR 7. Current trends in the development of CSR 8. Implementation of CSR, barriers and risks during implementation, measurement of CSR benefits 9. Tools of business ethics 10. Code of Conduct 11. Ethical and social audit 12. Creating shared value 13. Social business

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 13 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 6 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 30 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Characterize the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and name the 3 pillars of CSR
Characterize the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and name the 3 pillars of CSR
Clarify the tools of business ethics (e.g. code of ethics, ethical and social audit)
Clarify the tools of business ethics (e.g. code of ethics, ethical and social audit)
Explain the term of social entrepreneurship
Explain the term of social entrepreneurship
Describe typical ethical issues in advertising
Describe typical ethical issues in advertising
List typical ethical issues at the workplace
List typical ethical issues at the workplace
To explain the CSR problems of companies in relation to the consumer society, sweatshops and sustainable development
To explain the CSR problems of companies in relation to the consumer society, sweatshops and sustainable development
Skills
Analyze and evaluate the company's actions from the perspective of CSR
Analyze and evaluate the company's actions from the perspective of CSR
Recognize the company's actions contrary to sustainable development
Recognize the company's actions contrary to sustainable development
Recognize unethical advertising
Recognize unethical advertising
Draft the company's code of conduct
Draft the company's code of conduct
Noticing the current problems of companies related to CSR
Noticing the current problems of companies related to CSR
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Didactic test
Didactic test
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • ADI, Ana, Georgiana GRIGORE a David CROWTHER. Corporate social responsibility in the digital age. 2015. ISBN 9781784415815.
  • CRANE, Andrew, MATTEN, Dirk, GLOZER, Sarah, SPENCE, Laura. Business Ethics. Velká Británie, 2019. ISBN 9780198810070.
  • DATHE, Tracy, DATHE, René, DATHE, Isabel, HELMOLD, Marc. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance (ESG): Approaches to Ethical Management (Management for Professionals). 2022. ISBN 978-3030923563.
  • CHANDLER, David. Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility - International Student Edition: Sustainable Value Creation. USA, 2022. ISBN 9781071895351.
  • Ipek Altinbasak-Farina, Sebnem Burnaz. Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Marketing. 2019. ISBN 9789811379246.
  • Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira, Maria José Sousa. Sustainable Marketing and Strategy. MDPI AG, 2022. ISBN 303653959X.
  • RASCHE, Andreas, MORSING, Mette, MOON, Jeremy. Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication, Governance. Cambridge, 2017. ISBN 978-1107535398.


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