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Title | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
Code | ULMS251 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr A Vilella Nilsson Work, Organisation and Management Adriana.Vilella-Nilsson@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2024-25 | Level 5 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
22 |
9 |
31 | ||||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 119 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Assessment 2: Written Unseen Examination Assessment Type: Written Exam Duration: 2 hours Weighting: 60% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies | 2 | 60 | ||||
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Assessment 1: Group presentation Assessment Type: Presentation Duration: 6 minutes Weighting: 40% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies Anonym | 6 | 40 |
Aims |
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This module will provide students with a critical introduction to the institution of the corporation in its wider context. Key areas of study will include corporate governance, the history of the corporation, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics. These issues will be explored through the use of a range of theoretical perspectives and case studies and scenarios. Broadly the syllabus covers: the history and position of the corporation in society; corporate governance and strategy; the ethics of corporate behaviour; corporate codes, boards and regulation; corporate social responsibility; philanthropy. Knowledge of cases relevant to the study of the corporation and of corporate social responsibility. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Students will be able to appraise contemporary changes in the business world such as business ethics |
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(LO2) Students will be able to apply key ethical frameworks and ideas |
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(LO3) Students will be able to evaluate how frameworks and ideas can be used to develop ethical decision-making skills and reasoning |
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(LO4) Students will be able to examine the current ethical challenges facing managers and employees in organizations today |
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(S1) International awareness |
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(S2) Lifelong learning skills |
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(S3) Ethical awareness |
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(S4) Excellent communicator |
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(S5) Digitally confident |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method: Lecture Teaching Method: Seminar Self-Directed Learning Hours: 119 This module is a pre-requisite for the following modules: Skills/Other Attributes Mapping Skills / attributes: Ethical awareness Skills / attributes: Lifelong learning skills Skills / attributes: International awareness Skills/attributes: Excellent communicator Skills/attributes: Digitally confident |
Syllabus |
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Introduction to the course; Setting the scene: What is responsibility and who is responsible?; Narrating the rise of the corporation: an historical perspective; Self interest and the new economy; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance – The principal/agent problem; Relevant case studies; The effectiveness of codes and regulation; Whistle blowing, virtue ethics and systems of accountability: the issues; In what circumstances is it right to reveal perceived ‘wrong doing’ of an organization and what are the possible consequences?; Should corporations put systems in place to allow for the reporting of failures, errors and dangers? Should we always make public the doing of wrong?; Ethical theories: rights and duties; utilitarianism and utility; Ethical dilemmas in business; The environment and corporate involvement; Stakeholder theory, stewardship theory and shareholder theory; Co rporate Philanthropy. |
Recommended Texts |
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