Corporate Social Responsibility

2024/2025

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The student must attain

Knowledge and understanding of:

  • the field of corporate social responsibility

Skills

The student must attain

Skills in:

  • understanding the various ways in which a company can live up to the demand of corporate social responsibility

  • understanding the importance of corporate social responsibility to organizations

  • understanding how corporate social responsibility can contribute to developing and enhancing company values and ethics.

  • understanding how corporate social responsibility can contribute to developing and enhancing company values and ethics.

Competences

The student must attain

Competences in:

  • working with relevant theories and methods for analyzing issues within the discipline of the elective course

  • communicating ideas and arguments on the subject area of the elective course in an appropriate written and/or spoken manner.

Type of instruction

Please see § 17 in the curriculum.

Exam

Exams

Name of examCorporate Social Responsibility
Type of exam
Written exam
The examination is an individual take-home assignment; the content of the assignment must demonstrate that the student has achieved the above-mentioned learning objectives. The exact content of the assignment will be determined by the course instructor at the start of the semester. The assignment paper must comprise a minimum of six pages and a maximum of eight pages.

The assignment paper will be evaluated by the examiner.

Any re-examinations will be held in accordance with the above guidelines on the basis of a revised assignment paper.
ECTS5
Permitted aids
All written and all electronic aids
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleVirksomhedens sociale ansvar
Module codeBALISE2032
Module typeCourse
Duration1 semester
SemesterSpring
ECTS5
Language of instructionEnglish
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Education ownerBachelor of Arts (BA) in Language and International Studies, English
Study BoardStudy Board of International and Cross‐Cultural Studies
DepartmentDepartment of Culture and Learning
FacultyFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities