2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5993M CSR, Ethics and Sustainability

15 creditsClass Size: 200

Module manager: Stacey Mottershaw
Email: s.mottershaw@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is mutually exclusive with

LUBS5992M

Digital Information and Organisations

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

Understanding contemporary issues around CSR, ethics and sustainability is vital for managers in the modern business world. This module offers an overview of the key issues and challenges facing modern organisations. The module will be taught via a series of weekly lectures and seminars. The seminars will be interactive and will focus on case studies and academic texts. You will complete individually assessed coursework that will provide you with the opportunity to explore CSR, ethics and sustainability in depth and with reference to relevant theory, as well as the opportunity to reflect upon and articulate your own position in relation to these key areas.

Objectives

The aim of this module is to provide students with an overview of issues surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), alongside the ethical and sustainability challenges that businesses face.
Students will consider how to be ethical and responsible in practice, drawing on effective analysis of ethical issues, as well as developing their appreciation of the effects of globalisation, internationalisation and cultural difference on the modern business world.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

1. Recognise and summarise key terms and theories relating to CSR, ethics and sustainability.
2. Critically assess the impact of CSR, ethics and sustainability on business practice.
3. Critically evaluate the roles of professionals and business leaders in providing ethical leadership.
4. Reflect upon and articulate their own position in relation to CSR, ethics and sustainability.

Syllabus

Indicative content:
- The purpose and value of business
- The challenge of CSR, ethics and sustainability
- Ethical leadership
- CSR models
- Contemporary ethical issues
- Sustainability in business

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Seminar	11	1.00	11.00
Private study hours			128.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities including reading preparatory material for seminars, reviewing and consolidating notes made during class, watching videos, as well as researching and writing the module assessment.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

One-to-one discussion with the tutor during office hours, as required.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	3,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Students will be asked to submit a portfolio that links to each of the learning outcomes, including for example, an analysis of the CSR activity, ethical issues and sustainability within a company/industry of their choice and a reflective summary of their own position in relation to CSR, ethics and sustainability. Resit will be of the same assignment, with alternative companies/industries selected.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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