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Title | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
Code | ULMS251 | ||
Coordinator |
Mr J Hunter-Jones Work, Organisation and Management J.Hunter-Jones@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2020-21 | Level 5 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
12 |
12 12 17 |
53 | ||||
Timetable (if known) |
60 mins X 1 totaling 12
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120 mins X 1 totaling 24
60 mins X 1 totaling 12 60 mins X 1 totaling 12 |
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Private Study | 99 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 152 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Assessment 2: Written Unseen Online Open Book Examination Assessment Type: Written Exam Duration: 24 hours Weighting: 50% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standa | 24 hours (max 1500 w | 50 | ||||
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Assessment 1: Coursework Assessment Type: Coursework Size: 2000 words Weighting: 50% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies Anonymous As | 0 hours | 50 |
Aims |
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This module will provide students with a critical introduction to the institution of the corporation in its wider context. Key areas of study will include corporate governance, the history of the corporation, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics. These issues will be explored through the use of a range of theoretical perspectives and case studies and scenarios. Broadly the syllabus covers: the history and position of the corporation in society; corporate governance and strategy; the ethics of corporate behaviour; corporate codes, boards and regulation; corporate social responsibility; philanthropy. Knowledge of cases relevant to the study of the corporation and of corporate social responsibility. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Develop an understanding of contemporary changes in the business world such as business ethics |
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(LO2) Demonstrate an understanding of key ethical frameworks and ideas |
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(LO3) Appreciate how frameworks and ideas can be used to develop ethical decision-making skills and reasoning |
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(LO4) Understand the current ethical challenges facing managers and employees in organizations today |
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(S1) International awareness |
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(S2) Lifelong learning skills |
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(S3) Ethical awareness |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Delivery: Mixed, hybrid delivery with social distancing on campus Teaching Method 3 – Online Synchronous Session Teaching Method 4 – Group Study Costs Information: This module is a pre-requisite for the following modules: Skills/Other Attributes Mapping Skills / attributes: Ethical awareness Skills / attributes: Lifelong learning skills Skills / attributes: International awareness |
Syllabus |
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Introduction to the course; Setting the scene: What is responsibility and who is responsible?; Narrating the rise of the corporation: an historical perspective; Self interest and the new economy; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance – The principal/agent problem; The case of Enron, BP and the Royal Bank of Scotland; The effectiveness of codes and regulation; Whistle blowing, virtue ethics and systems of accountability: the issues; In what circumstances is it right to reveal perceived ‘wrong doing’ of an organization and what are the possible consequences?; Should corporations put systems in place to allow for the reporting of failures, errors and dangers? Should we always make public the doing of wrong?; Ethical theories: rights and duties; utilitarianism and utility; Ethical dilemmas in business; The environment and corporate involvement; Stakeholder theory, stewardship theory a nd shareholder theory; Corporate Philanthropy. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |