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Social Responsibility of Business

2019/2020
Учебный год
ENG
Обучение ведется на английском языке
4
Кредиты
Кто читает:
Кафедра управления человеческими ресурсами
Статус:
Курс по выбору
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course “Humanistic Management: Developing a Sustainability Mindset” is an elective course for the second year students at the master level degree programs with major in Strategic Management, Consulting and Project Management on Moscow campus, as well as for the incoming exchange students from abroad and internal mobility within HSE. The course consists of 20 hours of lectures, 28 hours of seminars and 104 hours of guided independent self-study (individual reading and research). Being designed as a student-centered course, students’ willingness to actively contribute to the course is a pre-requisite to successful course completion.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • To introduce students to the evolution, main concepts and practices of Humanistic Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
  • To expose students to the components of an integrated sustainability strategy, developed in line with the generally accepted international standards (the UN Global Compact, ISO 26000, GRI, etc.)
  • To provide students with the experiential learning opportunities, based on implementing the real life project and reflecting upon the interaction with responsible business practices
  • To train students to develop critical view of the world, taking into account national cultural context and contemporary debates on the role of business in society
  • To empower students to develop stories of local „businesses for good” pioneers for the AIM2Flourish.com platform by addressing one or several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • • The central theories, concepts, and their managerial implications in CSR und Sustainability
  • • The role of CSR and sustainable innovations in modern organizations (purpose-driven organizations, social enterprises, cooperatives, etc.)
  • • The centrality of stakeholder theory and how to apply stakeholder analysis
  • • The UN Global Agenda 2030 and implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
  • • The role of international and industry standards in promoting CSR und Sustainability
  • • Develop proficiency in analyzing complex organizational situations, identifying key problem areas, and formulating strategies for CSR und Sustainability
  • • Develop an ability to critically evaluate courses of managerial action in cases relating to CSR and Sustainability
  • • Be aware of, and understand the appropriate relevant research literature on CSR and Sustainability (both academic and practitioner based)
  • • Synthesize material, write and debate analytically on current CSR and Sustainability problems in national and international contexts
  • • The companies’ CSR und Sustainability communication and how to critically analyze non-financial reporting
  • • The changing roles and expectations in the relationships between business, governments and society in different national contexts
  • • Conduct a research project both independently and in groups in a multicultural context
  • • Translate a complex societal problem into a scientific research question, develop a research design for a study to answer it, by applying up-to-date social empirical methods, such as appreciate inquiry interview
  • • Interlink different subjects and disciplines on a specific, theoretical, methodological and empirical level
  • • Through self-learning train how to effectively manage time, extract essence from large amount of information, and approach it analytically
  • • Basic ICT competences for communicating, retrieving and elaborating on the UN SDGs research project
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction. Responsible Business & Sustainable Development: Meaning, Central Concepts and Debates
    • What is the purpose of business? Why does it make sense to study responsible business & sustainable development now? • What is a purpose-driven organization and a sustainable enterprise? • What are central definitions and frameworks for understanding responsible business & sustainable development? • Which are the three eras of responsibility? How theories of business ethics, CSR & sustainability emerged? • How to shift to sustainable business, sustainable living and sustainable governance?
  • Stakeholder Capitalism, Sustainable Business Models & Responsible Business Norms
    • What is meant by a ‘stakeholder’? What are typical stakeholders and their characteristics? • Why is the stakeholder vs. shareholder paradigm pivotal for the contemporary business? • How to engage with stakeholders and align their interests with corporate prioritization? • What is sustainable business model? What are some of the best practices of sustainable innovations? • What constitutes responsible business norms and standards? Why context matters?
  • Group Presentations and Discussion: Sustainability Book “Good Morning Beautiful Business” & Cases
    • What are the key lessons learned from the book “Good Morning Beautiful Business”? • What are the key take-aways from the sustainability case-studies?
  • Globalization & Sustainable Development
    • What is globalization and how it influences business? • Is localism a new alternative? • How business is dealing with planetary grand challenges and wicked problems? • What is the UN Global Agenda 2030? How to implement the 17 UN’s SDGs? • Which challenges sustainable development poses to “business as usual”?
  • Implementing & Communicating Responsible Business
    • What is the business case of CSR? Which stages CSR is going through? • How is Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility function structured? • What are the key characteristics of good responsible business implementation? • What is a sustainable supply chain management? • Which are the most widely used responsibility communication formats? • Which are the exemplary cause-related marketing types of communication? • What is accountability? What is greenwashing? • What makes GRI a global standard for non-financial reporting? What is the current state of legislation on non-financial reporting?
  • Social Entrepreneurship & Future of Sustainability
    • Why small is beautiful? Is de-growth an alternative? • What are the typical SMEs’ objections to CSR & Sustainability? • What are the reasons for SMEs to adopt CSR management practices? • What are the major features of social entrepreneurship? • What are the types of sustainable economic subsystems? What is the new agenda for welfare, progress and sustainability?
  • Experiential Learning on ESGs in Action
    A study-tour to a sustainability champion in Moscow (subject to COVID19 restrictions)
  • Group Project Presentations on AIM2Flourish and Discussion
    • Why ESG-driven factors are becoming important for business transitioning to sustainability? • How SDGs are integrated into business strategy, model and operations? • What impact sustainable businesses are making by implementing SDGs? • So what is the legacy of a purpose-driven business?
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Attendance, Reflections, Mid-term individual assignment, Group projects
    This course is designed to encourage teamwork. One of the disadvantages of the group approach is that it potentially leads to a free-rider problem. At the end of the course each group member will have to submit a confidential "contribution" report on each of the group projects. For this purpose, you will be asked to allocate 100% to the members of the group excluding yourself, reflecting the quality and quantity of participation of the other members of the group in the execution of the respective projects. The allocation of the points submitted to instructor by email will be used in assigning individual grades.
  • non-blocking Group Project "AIM2Flourish"
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (2 module)
    0.7 * Attendance, Reflections, Mid-term individual assignment, Group projects + 0.3 * Group Project "AIM2Flourish"
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

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Recommended Additional Bibliography

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