IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Code 16655209
Study programme
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2014)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional First 2Q
Language
Castellà
Department Business Management
Coordinator
SETÓ PAMIES, MARIA DOLORES
 E-mail dolors.seto@urv.cat
Lecturers
SETÓ PAMIES, MARIA DOLORES
Web
General description and relevant information <p>This subject aims to offer the student a global vision of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, providing the instruments and skills necessary to plan, develop and evaluate sustainability criteria (economic, social and environmental) integrated into the business strategy. </p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A7 Transferir els coneixements teòrics sobre diferents aspectes de l'empresa (organització, R+D, creixement, etc.) al disseny pràctic de models eficients d'organització empresarial.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A7 Comprendre el marc conceptual de la responsabilitat social corporativa.
Adquirir els fonaments de la responsabilitat social corporativa i les últimes tendències en aquest àmbit.
Conèixer les principals polítiques i estratègies que les empreses tenen a la seva disposició per incorporar la responsabilitat social corporativa a la seva gestió.
Aplicar els conceptes de responsabilitat social corporativa en la resolució de casos.
Prendre consciència de la importància de l'ètica i la responsabilitat social corporativa.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1:BUSINESS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY 1.1. The social function of the company
1.2. Conceptualization of CSR
1.3. Social responsibility and business ethics
1.4. Factors that drive CSR
1.5. Levels of social responsibility
1.6. CSR as a management model
1.7. Towards sustainability
1.8. Sustainable Development Goals
2: CSR AND STAKEHOLDERS 2.1. La teoria dels stakeholders: introducció
2.2. Anàlisis i gestió dels stakeholders o grups d’interès
2.3. Activitats especifiques de RSE respecte als stakeholders grups d’interès
3: TOOLS TO MANAGE CSR 3.1. Management tools
3.2. Sustainability reports: GRI
3.3. Codes of conduct
3.4. Standardization and certification
3.5. CSR communication

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Debates
A7
 8 11 19
Presentations / oral communications
A7
 2 18 20
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A7
 4 5 9
Lecture
A7
 8 15 23
Personal attention
1 0 1
 
Extended-answer tests
A7
 2 0 2
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentació de l'assignatura: continguts, objectius, competències que es treballen, avaluació, bibliografia, etc.
Debates Debat i discussió sobre qüestions relacionades amb el temari de l'assignatura
Presentations / oral communications Exposició i defensa per part dels alumnes dels treballs realitzats
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom Formulació, anàlisi i resolució de casos relacionats amb la temática de l'assignatura
Lecture Classe magistral participativa, on el professor exposa els continguts dels diferents temes del programa, demanant la la participació per part de l'alumne
Personal attention Temps reservat per atendre i resoldre dubtes

Personalized attention
Description

The teacher will personally attend to the students to resolve any doubts regarding the master classes, the internships as well as the performance of the assignments or activities. Also at the assigned student hours.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Debates
A7
 Participation at discusins groups and debates forum done in class 10%
Presentations / oral communications
A7
 Throughout the course, various activities proposed by the teacher will be presented and defended 60%
Extended-answer tests
A7
 Open questions exam 30%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

At the beginning of the course and through Moodle, the teacher will give the corresponding instructions in relation to the proposed activities.

The second call will consist of a global exam of the subject with a weight of 100% of the grade.

Sources of information

Basic Buchholtz, A.K. y Carroll, A.B, Business and society: Ethics and stakeholder management, , 8ª ed. Edición internacional, South-Western Cengage Learning. Canadá. 2012
Crane, A. y Matten, D. (2010) , Business ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization, 3ª ed, Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2010
Fernández Gago, R. (2005), ), Administración de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, , Thomson, España
Olcese, A. Rodríguez, M.A. y Alfaro, J. (2008), Manual de la Empresa Responsable y Sostenible, , McGrawHill, Madrid.

Complementary

Camacho, I., Fernández, JL i Miralles, j. (2002), Ética de la empresa. Desclée. Bilbao

Francés, P. (2004), Ética de los negocios. Innovación y Responsabilidad. Desclée.Colección Ética aplicada. Bilbao

Jones, C.; Parker, M. i Bos, R. (2005): For Business Ethics. Routledge. UK
Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.