In recent years, the topic of business accountability to society and environment has captured the unprecedented attention of business and academic community. A variety of terms and management approaches (e.g., CSR, environmental responsibility, social responsibility, sustainable development, sustainability, corporate citizenship, green marketing, and triple bottom line) have been employed not only at the academic level but in recent business practices as well. Those concepts are rapidly transforming the business landscape and forcing the companies to do business in a more socially responsible way. Following that trend, this course provides an overview of CSR, mainly from the business case perspective. It is divided into three broad themes, as follows: The meaning and origins of CSR; Managing and implementing CSR; The impact, critics and future perspectives of CSR. Under these broad themes special attention will be given to recent trends in the area of CSR such as social entrepreneurship, socially responsible investment, ethical consumerism, the creation of shared value approach, CSR Skepticism and others.

Course leader
Teacher: Ioannis Assiouras: http://esc-toulouse.academia.edu/IoannisAssiouras

Target group
Master's level.Students holding a relevant Bachelor's degree.

Fee info
EUR 667: Price: Students holding a preapproval including exchange students do not pay for the course.ONLY Free-mover students and Tomplads students MUST pay for the course: Danish and EU/ES (tomplads): 667 EURNON-EU-ES students (free-mover): 998 EURBooks, course materials, social programme, and housing are not included in the tuition fee. Also be aware of course specific expenses mentioned in the description.

Scholarships
No scholarships available.

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