Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report

Code:

2EGA05

Acronym:

RSRS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2025/2026 - 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	38	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 social and organizational practices. In particular, the course will seek to:
•    Present the main concepts and instruments associated to social responsibility;
•    Present the main models of social responsibility reporting;
•    Study, in theoretically framed manner, the motivations for, and implications of, engagement in these practices.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able:
- to think critically about social responsibility and its reporting;
- identify the main instruments associated to social responsibility and the reporting thereof, and use them in the analysis of organizational practices.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.    Corporate social and environmental impacts
2.    Corporate social responsibility
3.    Corporate social responsibility communication

Mandatory literature

Flower, J.; The Social Function of Accounts, Routledge, 2017

Complementary Bibliography

Birch, K., Peacock, M., Wellen, R., Hossein, C., Scott, S., Salazar, A.; Business and Society: A Critical Introduction, Zed Books, 2017
Bommier, S., & Renouard, C. ; L’Entreprise Comme Commun: Au-Delà de la RSE, Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, 2018
Laine, M; Tregidga, H.; Unerman, J.; Sustainability Accounting and Accountability , Routledge, 2021
Moon, J.; Corporate Social Responsibility: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2014
Renouard, C.; Ethique et entreprise, Les Editions de l’Atelier, 2015

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	20,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Teste	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	86,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho escrito	60,50
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

All students enrolled in the course may take the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Students have two options:

- Distributed evaluation
or
- Final exam at extraordinary season

1. Distributed evaluation
The final grade is calculated on the basis of: participation of the students in the classroom group (20%); written test (20%); written essays (60%).

2. Final exam
Students that do not get approved through distributed evaluation, may attend to a final exam at extraordinary season.