Corporate Social Responsibility 2600-MFS-CSR

Theoretical models of corporate social responsibility: Richard Eells’s continuum, Clarence Walton’s model, A. B. Carroll’s CSR 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.

Quality of life and quality of life at work: workaholism, organizational stresses (employee’s and managerial, occupational stressors), 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.

Work – life balance: types of conflicts (time related and energy related), 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).

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 that interferes with the employee's privacy.

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

CSR norms/standards: SA 8000, AA 1000 family of standards, ISO 26000, Fairtrade standards, Global GAP standards, FSC standards, MSC standards.

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