Corporate Responsibility Management (5cr)

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:
- apply the key concepts of a responsible business and sharing economy in her/his thinking and reasoning
- recognise business opportunities related to strategic responsibility and the creation of common value
- analyse the purpose of an organisation’s stakeholders and their role in responsible business and in creating shared value
- describe and assess business and management from the viewpoint of stakeholder thinking and responsible business
- acknowledge responsibility and value questions in strategy work
- produce critical thinking and problem solving in a changing operational environment

Content

- Responsible business and sustainable development
- Effects of a sharing economy on business and customer behaviour
- Strategic responsibility and creation of shared value
- Stakeholder analysis and stakeholder dialogue
- Responsibility communication and reporting
- Development of a responsible organisation culture

Materials

Course materials on Moodle

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the competences in grades 1 and 3, the student can analyse the purpose of an organisation’s stakeholders and their role in responsible business and in creating shared value. S/he develops business and management from the viewpoints of stakeholder thinking and responsible business. S/he is able to think critically and solve problems in a changing operational environment.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In addition to the competences in grade 1, the student can apply the key concepts of a responsible business in her/his thinking and reasoning. S/he can utilise the models of stakeholder analysis and dialogue. S/he is able to acknowledge responsibility and value questions in strategy work.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

If you are a master student, absences will not lower your grade nor affect the passing of the course

The student is able to define the key concepts of a responsible business. S/he recognises the main stakeholders and their purpose in a responsible business. S/he can describe business and management from the viewpoint of responsible business and stakeholder thinking.

Execution methods

Implementation methods:

VIRTUAL / VIRTUAL INSTRUCTED / VIRTUAL NONSTOP

Definitions for implementation methods can be found in Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/implementation-types

Information about demonstration and work & study:
If you want to complete the course through Work&Study, contact teacher responsible for the course or the competence counselling teacher. More information about recognition of learning at Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning

Information about demonstration assignment:
If you already have the knowledge and skills described in the course’s learning objectives, you can complete a demonstration. The demonstration must be agreed with the course teacher. Demonstration in this course is done through providing documents as set forth at https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning.