Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report

Code:

2EGA05

Acronym:

RSRS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EGA	43	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to provide students with knowledge on the engagement in corporate social responsibility and the reporting thereof by contemporary organizations. It also aims to promote critical reflection on these practices as ever-evolving organizational practices. In particular, the course will seek to:
•    Present the main instruments associated to corporate social responsibility;
•    Present the main models of sustainability reporting;
•    Study, in theoretically framed manner, the motivations for, and implications of, corporate engagement in these practices.

Learning outcomes and competences

The course aims to make students knowledgeable of the basic concepts and the state of the art of research in the fields of corporate social responsibility and the reporting thereof. The responsibilities of corporations and the shortcomings of traditional corporate reporting will be problematized so that students can develop a critical thinking about corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting. At the same time, by gaining knowledge of the main instruments associated to corporate social responsibility and of the main models of sustainability reporting, students will obtain tools that will allow them to know how to act in corporate context.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.    Corporate social and environmental impacts
2.    Corporate social responsibility
3.    Environmental financial reporting
4.    Sustainability reporting:

Mandatory literature

Renouard, C.; Ethique et entreprise, Les Editions de l’Atelier, 2015
Blowfield, M. e Murray, A.; Corporate Responsibility, Oxford University Press, 2014

Complementary Bibliography

Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. and Das Gupta, A. ; Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer
Moon, J.; Corporate Social Responsibility: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2014

Teaching methods and learning activities

The sessions will be based on lectures by the teachers and presentations by the students, followed by discussion whenever possible.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Teste	20,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation of the students in the classroom group (30%); written essays (50%); test (20%).