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Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


SP30072: Corporate power & the social challenge

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1
Click here for further information Assessment: ES 100%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Click here for further information Requisites: Before taking this unit you must take SP10043 and take SP10044
Click here for further information Description: Aims:
The aims of the unit are: i. To identify important changes in the boundaries and interactions between business and society. ii. To relate these changes to the evolution and impact of socio-political attempts at greater social accountability. iii To identify key social foundations on which business activity depends.

Learning Outcomes:
Students taking this unit should gain an understanding of:
* The main types of social challenge to business autonomy.
* Current debates about business accountability.
* Key examples of the inter-dependence of business and social institutions.

Skills:
Intellectual Skills - develop capabilities to:
* think creavely and analytically;
* communicate an argument;
* evaluate others' arguments and research;
* critically evaluate and assess research and evidence as well as a variety of other information;
* gather information, data,research and literature from a number of differentsources (i.e.library, webbased, archives etc.);
* select appropriate and relevant information from a wide source and large body of knowledge;
* synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding;
* utilise problem solving skills. Transferable/Key Skills - to develop:
* Essay research, preparation and writing skills;
* To construct a bibliography of vary complexity;
* Team and group working skills;

Content:
Changes in social and political challenges to capitalist enterprise. Philosophical, historical and social structural sources of these challenges. Socialist, corporatist and environmentalist and communitarian challenges. The social foundations of business commerce and trade: trust, association, community, values and citizenship.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

SP30072 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UHSP-AFB01 : BSc (hons) Social Policy and Administration (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB01 : BSc (hons) Social Policy and Administration (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UHSP-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UHSP-AFB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UHSP-AFB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UHSP-AFB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHSP-AKB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4

NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.