Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
Learning outcomes
The student is able to understand the multifaceted relationship between business and society, and the broad impacts corporate activities have on societies. Moreover, the student understands the roles of accounting and corporate reporting within responsible business. The student is able to conceive the challenges related to representing, estimating and measuring of social impacts of business. The student knows the principles of social accounting and how these issues are being communicated to corporate stakeholders. The student is also able to evaluate such information from the user’s perspective.
Contents
Concepts of sustainable development, corporate responsibility and social accounting. The principles of social accounting and corporate social responsibility reporting. Reporting standards and guidelines.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
24 h
0 h
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Written exam
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Blowfield, M. and Murray, A.: Corporate Responsibility (2008 or latest ed.)