Managing and Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility

Upon completion of this corporate social responsibility courses, you will be able to understand:

The different goals that companies are trying to achieve.
The types and levels of CSR that companies exhibit.
The shared lessons and common elements of CSR management.
How CSR is managed inside companies.
The business case for CSR.
What is meant by ‘corporate governance’.
The theories and ‘drivers’ of corporate governance.
International developments in corporate governance.
The implications for CSR.
The emergence and development of CSR reporting.
The voluntary nature of the reports and the issues that surround this feature.
The theories which might help explain the practice of CSR and CSR reporting.
New forms of reporting in the coming decade.
Stakeholders as a managerial concept.
The different types of stakeholder and difficulties with the ‘stakeholder’ construct.
The role of stakeholders in defining and implementing voluntary codes of CSR practice and standards.
Stakeholder management.
The evolution of socially responsible investment (SRI).
The main approaches used in SRI decision-making.
The performance of SRI funds.
An overview of the international market for SRI and its development in different regional contexts.
Emerging trends in SRI.

These CSR courses are suitable for:

Heads of organisations, chief officers, chairpersons, board members and directors.
Heads of departments, and senior managers & executives interested in a customized corporate social responsibility course specific to their business needs.
Managers of tomorrow who wish to develop modern business practices and find ways to act in a truly responsible way.
Those who see business as being increasingly central to addressing global concerns and society’s expectations of going beyond wealth creation, against a backdrop of financial crises, climate change, political shifts, and population growth.
Those who want their business to maximise profits whilst also being publicly accountable for its social and environmental record.
Those who are concerned about the role of business in modern society.