Corporate Social Responsibility
Code: 43059 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313784 Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability | OT | 0 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Rosa Rovira Val
- Email:
- MariaRosa.Rovira@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- english (eng)
Other comments on languages
Teaching sessions can be in Catalan or in English. The students can use Catalan, Spanish or English for answeering the exam and others deliverablesTeachers
- Isabel Pont Castejón
Prerequisites
Objectives and Contextualisation
The course has two differenciate parts. One part is an introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of organisations including the environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions of the organisation’s activity. The other part is an introduction to European environmental law.
At the end of the course the student is expected to have a good understanding of:
- Introduction to the main concepts and topics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
- Introduction to the European environmental law.
Competences
- Analyse, summarise, organise and plan projects related to the environmental improvement of product, processes and services.
- Apply knowledge of environmental and ecological economics to the analysis and interpretation of environmental problem areas.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Work in an international, multidisciplinary context.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse best practices in corporate social responsibility.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know the main concepts, regulations and international initiatives concerning the different dimensions of corporate social responsibility (economic, environmental, social, corporate governance).
- Work in an international, multidisciplinary context.
Content
- Introduction
- Link between CSR and the entity's strategy
- CSR tools & Tools for sustainable production and consumption
- Sustainability reporting: The Global Reporting Iniciative (GRI) standard
- Investors and ESG information
European environmental law
- Begining and development of European enviornmental law
- European Union principles and legal basis for environmental law
- Instruments and policies
- The EuropeanUnion actors on environmental law
- The role of the Europena Union, the role of the States, the role of Autonomous Communities/Regions and Local Authorities
- Harmonization, enforcement and implementation
Methodology
The teaching methodology and evaluation may undergo some changes depending on the restrictions on attendance imposed by the health authorities
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Exercise in class | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6 |
| Lectures | 33 | 1.32 | 5, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Reading articles, books and studying for each of the given lectures | 90 | 3.6 | 1, 5, 4, 3 |
| Short essay writing, which involves reading the necessary academic literature | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 5, 4, 2, 3 |
Assessment
Details:
One or two brief writings of 500-1000 words for each part of the course. The teacher will evaluate the writing according to her/his own criteria. The student could ask for details on his/her mark with the corresponding teacher.
The final exam covers most of the topics worked during the sessions. The space for the answers will be limited and these will have to demonstrate the understanding and mastery of the main concepts and ideas provided during the course. The corresponding teacher will assess them according to her/his own criteria. The student could ask for details on his/her grade with the corresponding teacher.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final exam | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 5, 4, 2 |
| Participation in class | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 2, 6 |
| Short essay writings | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 2, 3 |
Bibliography
Bibliography Corporate Social Responsibility/ Responsabilitat Social Corporativa/ Responsabilidad Social Corporativa
BENN, SUZANNE and BOLTON DIANNE (2011) Key concepts in corporate social responsibility, SAGE, Los Angeles (Calif.)
CRANE, A. et al. (2008) The Oxford Handboook of Corporate Social Responsibility, Oxford University Press Inc., New York
CRANE, A. and Matten, D. (2016) Business ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization, Oxford University Press Inc., Newe York
EUROPEAN UNION (2014) Corporate social responsibility: national public policies in the European Union. Compendium 2014 / European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs, Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union ISBN 978-92-79-38875-0 – doi:10.2767/27405 (online)
HABISCH, ANDRÉ et al. (2005), Corporate social responsibility across Europe, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg (electronic format)
OKPARA, JOHN O. and IDOWU, SAMUEL O. (2013) Corporate social responsibility: challenges, opportunities and strategies for 21st century leaders, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Bibliography European Environmental law/ Dret Ambiental Europeu / Derecho Ambiental Europeo
CLÉMENT, Marc. Droit européen de l'environnement.Jurisprudence commentée, ed, Larcie, 4ème édition 2021
DE SADELEER Nicolas. EU environmental law and the internal market. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014
FAJARDO,Teresa. La política exterior de la Uión Europea en materia ambiental, Tecnos, 2005
-JANS, Jan ; Hans H.B. Vedder; European Environmental Law, Europa law Publishing ( Fourth Edition) 2012
JUSTE RUIZ, J., CASTILLO DAUDÍ,M., la protección del medio ambiente en el ámbito internacional y en laUnión europea, Tirant lo Blanc, Valencia, 2014
HAIGH, Nigel, EU Environmental Policy:Its jouney to Centre Stage. 2016.
Kingston, Suzanne; Heyvaert Veerle; Čavoški , Aleksandra - European Environmental Law, Cambridge University Press 2017
-KISS, Alexandre., SHELTON, Dinah., A Guide to International Environmental Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007
- KRAMER, Ludwig. EU Environmental Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 8th ed. 2016
-KRAMER, Ludwig Environmental Justice and European Union Law,Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy 16 , December 2020, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348484000_Environmental_Justice_and_European_Union_Law
-LEE, Maria; EU Environmental Law, Governance and Decision-Making, 2nd Ed. 2014
MACRORY (2014),Regulation, Enforcement and Governance of Environmental Law, 2nd edition HartPublishing, Oxford
MACRORY et al. (2004), Principles of European Environmental Law. Europa Law Publishing.
-SANDS, Philippe. PEEL Jacqueline, Principlesof International Environmental Law, Cambridge University Press, 4d Ed., Manchester/N.Y., 20182nd Edition: https://www.academia.edu/37547219/Philippe_Sands_Principles_of_Int_Environmental_Law
THORNTON, James; GOODMAN, Martin, CLIENT EARTH 2017. Scribe Publications (May 11, 2017)
-VAN CARLSTER, Geert, EU Environmental Law, Elgar European Law series, 2017
Webgraphy of a general nature useful for our course/Webgrafia de caire general especialment útil per aquest curs/Webgrafia de carácter general útil para nuestro curso
Official website European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Training Package on Principles of EU Environmental Law http://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/principles.htm
Official Journal of the European Union http://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html?locale=en
Summaries of the European environmental and climate change legislation https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/20.html
European Commission (Environment) : https://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm
EU Environmenal Law Training Package. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/training_package.htm
https://ieep.eu/understanding-the-eu/manual-of-european-environmental-policy
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu
European Court of Human rights http://hudoc.echr.coe.int
Council of Europe. “Manual on human rights and the environment"; Council of Europe Publishing 2012, http://www.echr.coe.int/LibraryDocs/DH_DEV_Manual_Environment_Eng.pdf
IEEP ( Institut for European Environmental Policy) https://ieep.eu/
EEB (European Environamental Bureau) https://eeb.org
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