Corporate Social Responsibility

INTRODUCTION

This training course delves into the concept of corporate social responsibility, which examines whether organizations should  play a bigger role by considering the impact of the company’s activities rather than simply serving its stakeholders.

COURSE DURATION

5 days.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Professionals in private companies, international organizations, NGOs, and governments who would like to learn and apply the comcpet of CSR will find this program helpful.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

•          Analyze the complex issues that confront organizational leaders as they develop CSR programs.
•          Investigate the associations between corporate procedure and CSR and the effect on foundational hierarchical standards, for example, mission and vision.
•          Analyze the impact of CSR implementation on corporate culture, particularly as it relates to social issues.
•          Compare and differentiate the various perspectives and tradeoffs that exist in the range of CSR.
•          Demonstrate a multi-partner point of view in survey CSR issues.
•          Evaluate the level of commitment to CSR of various organizations and explain how it can be a source of competitive advantage.
•          Examine the scope and complexity of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Module 1. The Importance and Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility

•          CSR Evolution
•          CSR and social legitimacy
•          CSR expectations in rich and in poor societies
•          Moral and economic arguments for CSR
•          Moral and economic arguments for CSR

Module 2. The Role of Stakeholders in CSR

•          Corporate response to citizen demands via CSR
•          Globalization and CSR
•          Stakeholder advocacy
•          Success and failure with CSR initiatives
•          The communications revolution and its effect on CSR
•          The five stages of organizational growth in CSR
•          The role of business in society

Module 3. The Strategic Importance of CSR Implementation

•          CSR as competitive advantage
•          Environmental and other global forces propelling CSR
•          Impact of globalization and communications technologies
•          Implementing CSR
•          The business-level CSR threshold
•          The strategic CSR model

Module 4. Case Studies in Economic, Organizational, and Societal CSR Issues

•          Economic/business issues (branding, diversity, sustainability, fair trade, wages)
•          Organizational issues (actions versus intentions, corporate commitment, voluntary versus mandatory, stakeholder activism)

•          Social issues (outsourcing, corruption, human rights, patents)