Postgraduate Course: Corporate Responsibility and Governance in a Global Context (CMSE11174)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | There are different views of Corporate Responsibility & Governance. The dominant view is the understanding of Corporate Responsibility as corporate philanthropy and charity. This course will be arranged around 3 main themes:
-Understanding Corporate Responsibility
-Applying Corporate Responsibility
-Managing Corporate Responsibility |
| Course description |
The course will:
-Evaluate and challenge the different conceptions of Corporate Responsibility & Governance in different institutional contexts
-Explore the role of Corporate Responsibility as a Market Governance Mechanism and its influence on corporate strategy
-Examine how Corporate Responsibility is embedded in other management practices such as marketing, finance and accounting, human resources management, strategy and international business
-Give students a coherent and broad view of Corporate Responsibility and Governance in a systematic manner
-Examine the relationship between globalisation and the emphasis on Corporate Responsibility to fill the global governance void
Syllabus:
Theme 1: Understanding Corporate Responsibility
What is CSR? Concepts and theories
The case for and against CSR
Responsibility to stakeholders
Theme 2: Applying Corporate Responsibility
CSR in the marketplace (including financial markets)
CSR in the workplace
CSR in the community
CSR in the ecological environment
Theme 3: Managing Corporate Responsibility
CSR reporting and auditing
CSR strategy and implementation
Globalisation and CSR
Student Learning Experience:
The sessions are a combination of lectures and case studies. While the lectures help to explore underpinning concepts and theories, the cases are more discursive and interactive to help students appreciate the applications of concepts and theories in practice.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Only for non-Business School students. Permission must be requested. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will be expected to read the provided lecture materials and relevant literature, to actively participate in discussions and to analyse the readings and the information provided in the lectures and seminars. The objective is to develop a critical understanding of the key issues. Consequently, also the assessment is geared towards identifying, describing, evaluating and discussing those issues by writing and presenting a paper that covers both the lectures and the recommended literature.
The assessment methods for the course and the contribution of each towards the final mark are as follows:
1. Group presentations/projects 40%
2. Individual Essay 45%
3. Personal Reflection 15% |
| Feedback |
All students will be given at least one formative feedback or feedforward event for every course they undertake, provided during the semester in which the course is taken and in time to be useful in the completion of summative work on the course. Such feedback may be at course or programme level, but must include input of relevance to each course in the latter case.
Feedback deadlines
Feedback on formative assessed work will be provided within 15 working days of submission, or in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course, whichever is sooner. Summative marks will be returned on a published timetable, which has been made clear to students at the start of the academic year.
Students will gain feedback on their understanding of the material when they discuss their answers to the tutorial questions in the tutorials. Students may also ask questions in Lectures to assess their knowledge.
Feedback format
Ad-hoc verbal feedback when requested.
Written feedback on individual essay
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically discuss corporate sustainability and responsibility.
- Critically discuss the purpose of business in the global world order.
- Critically discuss the possible roles of businesses in different cultures and societies.
- Critically evaluate how businesses are responding to some of the world¿s challenges.
- Critically discuss the internal and external environments that are required to enable businesses tackle some of the contemporary global challenges.
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Reading List
Essential Reading:
Crane, Matten and Spence (2008). Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and cases in a global context. Oxford: Routledge
Blowfield, M., and Murray, A. (2011). Corporate Responsibility: A critical introduction. Oxford University Press
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Subject specific knowledge and skills:
Ability to imagine businesses from alternative and new paradigms
-Understanding the principles and characteristics of corporate responsibility and governance, and managing across boundaries.
-Ability to draw from contemporary societal challenges to generate and leverage knowledge and innovation globally.
Cognitive abilities and non-subject specific skills
-Evaluating the strategies and management of businesses against management models and frameworks.
-Evaluating practical management problems and developing viable solutions.
-Developing powerful, persuasive arguments.
-Group working and presentation skills.
On completing the course students will be able to address questions such as:
-What is corporate sustainability and responsibility
-What is the purpose of business in the global world order?
-What are the possible roles of businesses in different cultures and societies?
-How are businesses responding to some of the world's challenges?
-What internal and external environments are required to enable businesses tackle some of the contemporary global challenges? |
| Keywords | IBEM-CRG-20 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kenneth Amaeshi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2146
Email: Kenneth.Amaeshi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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