Research Seminar "Sustainability Aspects of International Management"

2020/2021

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Strategic and International Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 2 module

Instructor

Rawlins, Tom

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The Research Seminar “Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in International Business” is a part of a Cyclical Syllabus as well as a cycle of Courses providing Master’s Programme ‘Master in International Management (MIM)’. The meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility has changed dramatically over the past several decades and is still changing. This in turn has a confusing effect on what it means to be socially responsible in international management. This module will examine how CSR has changed over time and together we will develop an idea of what it means to be socially responsible in business and management today.

Learning Objectives

• The learning objective of this module is to develop, systematise and openly defend your own position on corporate social responsibility, using a framework of ethics and analytical philosophy, as part of your own decision-making guide in business and international management.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will develop a basic analytical framework and understand how the meaning of CSR has changed of the past several decades and recognise the differences that still exist when using the concept today.

Course Contents

• The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Value-based management and ethical decision-making

Assessment Elements

• 20% - attendance/participation/engagement
• Breakdown 20% - attendance/participation/engagement 20% - max 50 words, presented on one slide, in
  The examination will take the form of a moderated cross peer-review by the students themselves of each individual, written and audio-video assignment on the two main problems that provide the focus for this module. Each assignment must be uploaded during the last week of the module to a specified channel (StartExam). Each student must give feedback to 20 of their peers by commenting a level of acceptance/agreement from 1 to 20 (20 being the highest mark) together with feedback on each of the peer’s assignments (total of four marks with feedback from each student to each student) The examination period will end at midnight (Moscow time) on the last day of the module. The sum of the averages of the four grades, upon confirmation and approval, will be the equivalent of 80% of your final grade. The remaining 20% will be awarded for attendance/participation/engagement during the module.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.3 * 20% - attendance/participation/engagement + 0.7 * Breakdown 20% - attendance/participation/engagement 20% - max 50 words, presented on one slide, in

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Capitalism and freedom, Friedman, M., 1982
• Philosophical investigations, Wittgenstein, L., 2000

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Capitalism and freedom, Friedman, M., 2002