MN22155: Corporate responsibilities: principles and perspectives
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
In taking this module you cannot take MN22026
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Describe and summarize the main theories and tools related to the contemporary CSR debates;
- Identify and interpret evidence regarding social, environmental and economic issues;
- Critically evaluate relevant rhetoric and activities of businesses, governments and/or civil society organizations using relevant theories;
- Construct coherent, well-planned, and sufficiently evidenced arguments regarding social and environmental issues and the associated actions and impacts of corporations.
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| Synopsis: | The unit will develop your awareness and understanding of corporate responsibilities by exploring the meaning and implications of a variety of principles. Each principle is built upon a distinct viewpoint, and provides the means to rigorously analyse corporate strategies to determine their degree of responsibility or irresponsibility. Thus, we aim to provide a detailed, nuanced and practically useful understanding of the notion of responsible business.
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| Content: | The unit covers a set of distinct approaches to the notion of corporate responsibility - from rights-based approaches, to consequentialist ethics; from sustainability to perspectives grounded in corporate reputation; from meeting accepted standards to taking care of stakeholders. Furthermore, the unit emphasises the practical application of these varied principles of corporate responsibility. The aim is to assemble a toolkit that facilitates the evaluation of corporate actions and impacts in a rigorously informative manner.
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| Course availability: |
MN22155 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USCH-AFB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management (Year 2)
- USCH-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management with professional placement (Year 2)
- USCH-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management with study abroad (Year 2)
- USCH-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management (Year 2)
- USCH-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management with professional placement (Year 2)
School of Management
- UMMN-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Finance (Year 2)
- UMMN-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Finance with work placement (Year 2)
- UMMN-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management (Year 2)
- UMMN-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management with work placement (Year 2)
- UMMN-ANB12 : BSc(Hons) Business (Year 2)
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB50 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB51 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB52 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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