Corporate Social Responsibility 2600-DSFRw3SOB
1. Theoretical models of corporate social responsibility: Eells’s continuum, Walton’s model, Carroll’s pyramid, Carroll-Schawrtz’s model, CSR model by Hemingway and Maclagan, D. Jamali’s model, Wayne Visser’s model, T. Ketola’s model, Porter’a and Kramer’s model, stakeholder theory.
2. Quality of life and quality of life at work: workaholism, organizational stresses, monotony of work, stress curve, quality of life as a function of workload, burnout syndrome, cases of death / suicide at work / due to work, karoshi, emotional labor, extreme work, toxic success syndrome.
3. Work – life balance: types of conflicts, WLB disturbing and building factors, forms of WLB programs (flexible organization of working time, telework, breaks, part-time work, work during school time, job sharing), benefits of WLB programs (for employee, employer, environment).
4. Privacy in organization: Breach of the employee's private sphere by the employer, reasons for interfering in privacy, evaluation of interference in privacy, dress code.
5. CSR inititatives/programmes: OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, Caux Roud Table principles, Fair Labour Association code of conduct, Global Compact, SIGMA Project, Responsible Care, IHA Assessment Protocol, Business Social Compliance Initiative, Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
6. CSR norms/standards: SA 8000, AA 1000 family of standards, ISO 26000, Fairtrade standards, Global GAP standards, FSC standards, MSC standards.
7. Environmental responsibility of business: sustainable development (principles, outline of the concept), Environmental Management Systems according to ISO 14001, EMAS, Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040 subseries), environmental labeling I and II type (ISO 14020 subseries).
Socially Responsible Reporting according to GRI standards: guidelines on the content and quality of the report from GRI 101 to detailed GRI 419 indicators.
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Learning outcomes
K_W01. Knows and understands research methodology and terminology in the field of management and quality science and in complementary disciplines (economics and finance, legal sciences).
K_W02. Knows and understands at an advanced level the principles, procedures and practices relating to the activities of various types of organizations, its key functions (operational, marketing, financial, personnel management) and its relations with the environment.
K_W05. Knows and understands technological, social, political, legal, economic and ecological processes and phenomena and their impact on the functioning of the organization and the entire economy, including the principles of protection of industrial property and copyright.
K_U02. Is able to correctly interpret technological, social, political, legal, economic and ecological processes and phenomena and their impact on the functioning of the organization and the entire economy, using the appropriate selection of sources.
K_U06. Has the ability to self-educate and improve acquired qualifications
K_K01. Is ready to assess and critically approach situations and phenomena related to the functioning of the organization, sector and the entire economy.
K_K02. He is ready to think and act in an entrepreneurial way.
K_K03. Is ready to comply with professional ethical standards.
Assessment criteria
Lecture, case studies/tasks, individual and group
The final grade for completing the course consists of case studies and a written exam in the form of a test.
Group / individual case studies (40% of the final grade). Written examination in the form of a test (multiple-choice test with open-ended questions) (60% of the final grade).
Assessment criteria:
• Up to 59 % grade 2.0
• 60 – 67 % grade 3.0
• 68 – 75 % grade 3.5
• 76 – 83 % grade 4.0
• 84 – 91 % grade 4.5
• 92 – 100 % grade 5.0
Bibliography
Basic:
1. M. Żemigała, Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu w świetle analiz bibliometrycznych i opinii pracowników na temat równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2013.
Supplementary:
2. K. Klincewicz (red.), Pracownicy o pracodawcach, społeczna odpowiedzialności biznesu w świetle badań jakościowych, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2013.
3. M. Żemigała, Ekologiczny kontekst zarządzania, [w:] Nowe kierunki w organizacji i zarządzaniu, organizacje, konteksty, procesy zarządzania, B. Glinka, M. Kostera (red.), Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warszawa 2016, s. 114 – 137.
4. M. E. Porter, M. R. Kramer, Strategia i społeczeństwo, Harvard Business Review Polska” 2007, nr 6, s. 77 – 94.
5. M.E. Porter, M. Kramer, Strategy & society: The link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility. Harvard Business Review 2006, 84(2), 78-92.
6. AA 1000 Zasady Odpowiedzialności, AccountAbility, Londyn – Waszyngton 2008.
7. AA 1000 Weryfikacja, AccountAbility, Londyn – Waszyngton 2008.
8. AA 1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard, AccountAbility, Londyn – Waszyngton 2015.
9. Social Accountability 8000 International Standard, Social Accountability International, New York 2014.
10. Wytyczne dotyczące raportowania, G4, GRI, Amsterdam 2016.
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