Corporate Social Responsibility

ECTS : 6

Description du contenu de l'enseignement :

For the past 25 years, notably since the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, companies have increasingly invested resources to appear committed to Sustainable Development.
But where are we now? Is it more than mere window-dressing? What kind of value do sustainable practices create? This course combines a descriptive and a practical approach to the implementation of sustainable practices into an international and multi-dimensional/sectorial business environment, including description of multiple cases and concrete example from professional speakers. The first half of each class will take the form of a lecture, while the second half will consist of practical cases, group works, role playing games etc.
 
Objectives:
Provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Sustainable Development and sustainability challenges (social, economic and regulatory) companies now face (from SMEs to large international corporates). Demonstrate students that Sustainable Development, from a business perspective, is viable when integrated into a business strategy.
 

1. Introduction – A History of Sustainable Development, from environmental awareness to corporate social responsibility
2. The Challenges of Sustainable Development
3. The Principles of Sustainable Development
4. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Integrating Sustainable Development in companies
5. CSR and Financial Markets
6. CSR and Customers
7. CSR and the Supply Chain
8. Enhancing its CSR approach
9. Measuring CSR performance
10. Creating value with Partnerships
11. Creating a CSR Strategy
12. Final Exam

Compétence à acquérir :

Learning outcomes
At the end of the Corporate Social Responsibility class offered by Paris Dauphine University students will be able to understand and critically discuss the concepts and topics of corporate social responsibility as well as business’ responsibility. They will have a comprehensive understanding of sustainability challenges (social, environmental and economic development) that companies face and how transform these challenges into business opportunities.

Mode de contrôle des connaissances :

Assignments and grading
Examination modalities:

• Oral participation / Attendance 20%
• Group Presentation 40%

• Final Exam 40% (course 13)

Bibliographie, lectures recommandées :

Bibliography

• The United Nations. Millennium Development Goals Report 2015
• UNEP-FI. The Positive Impact Manifesto. 2017
• EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance – Financing a sustainable European economy – 2018
• Handbook of Research on Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility - Edited by Ronald Paul Hill, Villanova University, US and Ryan Langan, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of San Francisco, US
• CSR AS A Management Idea, Ethics in Action. Edited by Mats Jutterström and Peter Norberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
• IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability – IFC, January 2012.
• The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organizations. Wayne Visser, Dirk Matten, Manfred Pohl, Nick Tolhurst, Katja Böhmer, Aron Ghebremariam, Judith Hennigfeld, Sandra S. Huble, 2007.
• The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility. Crane, 2008.
• https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/csr_guide.pdf