2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

SOEE5341M Issues and Cases in Corporate Social Responsibility

15 creditsClass Size: 70

Module manager: Prof William Young
Email: C.W.Young@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

Upon completing this module, you should be able to:

• Understand and evaluate the CSR issues which impact upon firm performance.
• Critically assess how a firm’s characteristics shape the effectiveness of different CSR strategies
• Evaluate how business context and market affect the selection of effective CSR strategies (“the business case for CSR”)
• Synthesise multiple, competing issues into a coherent approach to CSR in a given context (“CSR strategy development”)

Syllabus

1. Practical links between CSR, Business and SD
2. Environmental, sustainability and CSR policies
3. Approaches (and their critics) in CSR and sustainable business
4. Sustainability challenges in the sharing economy
5. Corporate governance
6. Collaboration, partnerships and dialogue
7. Communication and stakeholder engagement
8. Ranking and benchmarking
9. Corporate lobbying in sustainability and CSR

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	9	1.00	9.00
Tutorial	8	2.00	16.00
Private study hours			125.00
Total Contact hours			25.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Preparatory reading: 75 hours;
Assignment work (on syllabus topics): 50 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Via tutorials throughout the semester and the two assessed assignments.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Assessed assignment (4,000 words)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/07/2018

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