828 Corporate Social Responsibility
Content
- Basic terms and definitions in the field of management
- Stakeholders
- Historical development of social responsibility
- Definition of social responsibility (SR)
- Opinions pro et contra SR
- Future development of SR
- Reporting about SR
- SR in public administration
- Business ethics
- Globalisation and sustainable development
- SR as a basic principle of business excellence
- Excellence model for socially responsible operations
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- students identify and understand the terms organisation and social unit, they differentiate between governance, management and leadership, they understand the difference between effectiveness and efficiency,
- students acquire detailed knowledge in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) – understand the terms stakeholders and CSR, it’s historical development and the definitions, opinions pro et contra, reporting about CSR and CSR in public administration,
- on theoretical basis and through ethical dilemmas they understand business ethics and it’s relation with law, morality and sustainable development,
- students identify and understand the definitions excellence and their connection with CSR. They acquaint detailed knowledge of excellence and the model of excellence for public administration,
- students independently solve assignments on corporate social responsibility and business ethics and present the findings.
Competences
- students will acquire capacity to connect and share the knowledge of management, CSR and excellence into praxis,
- students will be able to identify and analyse the problems in praxis and in the field of business administration,
- students will be able to explain and compare the facts in the fields of management, CSR and excellence,
- students will be able to form the suggestions for problems solving and their interpretation in administrative praxis,
- they will be able to understand praxis in the field of CSR in Slovenian and European context,
- students will develop the capacity to acquire the information and to use the acquired information as well as the ability to communicate them in written or orally,
- students will develop the capacity to respect ethical principles and commitment to professional ethics in their environment.