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Corporate Social Responsibility

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: TFP0204
Type: Compulsory / Basic Studies
Curriculum: T-FE 2008V
Level: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year of Study: 3 (2010-2011)
Credits: 4 cr
Responsible Teacher: Lillhannus, Åsa
Language of Instruction: Swedish

Courses During the Academic Year 2010-2011

Impl.Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
82010-08-30 – 2010-12-17Åsa LillhannusSwedish2010-08-20 – 2010-09-05
92010-08-30 – 2010-12-17Åsa LillhannusSwedish2010-08-20 – 2010-09-05
102011-03-07 – 2011-05-13Åsa LillhannusSwedish2011-02-14 – 2011-03-13

Learning Outcomes

The student will acquire a view of companies´corporate social responsibility and its influence on the working community.

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course 104h
- of which scheduled studies 52h
- of which autonomous studies 52h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Entrepreneurship

Contents

The importance of corporate social responsibility, quality management and quality control related to products and operations. The development of company processes, companies' ability to influence environmental and ethical issues.

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

- Hawkins David E. Corporate Social Responsibility. Balancing Tomorrow’s Sustainability and Today’s Profitability. 2006. Palgrave Macmillan. New York.
- Grafström Maria; Göthberg Pauline; Widell Karolina. CSR: Företagsansvar i förändring. 2008. Liber. Malmö
- Sandholm Lennart. Kvalitetsstyrning med totalkvalitet; verksamhetsutveckling med fokus på totalkvalitet. Studentlitteratur. Lund. 2001.
- Other material named by the teacher

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures 30h, team work and project assignments 22h.

Assessment Criteria

1 the student understands some basics about corporate social responsibility
3 the student understands well the basics about corporate social responsiblity and can apply learned issues in practice
5 the student understands excellently the basics about corporate social responsibility and can to a great extent apply the learned issues in practice

Assessment Methods

Exam 50%, project assignments 50%. Numerical (0-5).


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