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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2013 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende |
Manfred Max Bergman (max.bergman@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Kathrin Bertschy (kathrin.bertschy@unibas.ch) Emmeline Cooper (emmeline.cooper@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | The course will be based around the following themes: 1. Trust in corporations: What do we mean by trust and why is it important? 2. Do citizens and civil society have trust in corporations? 3. Conceptualizing the role of the corporation in society: are corporations’ responsibilities only to their shareholders? 4. What do we mean by corporate social responsibility, corporate responsibility, and sustainability? And is conceptual harmony important or necessary? 5. Corporate responsibility, globalization and multinational corporations. 6. Representations of corporate responsibility: a cross-cultural comparison. 7. Critiques of corporate responsibility 8. How do civil society organizations and political actors interact with corporations on the issue of corporate responsibility? 9. Linking corporate responsibility and business performance. 10. Corporate responsibility: future scenarios over the next 50 years. If students are interested in particular topics or themes that are not currently covered, they are encouraged to suggest these for inclusion. |
| Lernziele | Students - have developed their knowledge about the relationship between corporations and wider society: citizens, governments and politicians, and consumers. - have explored literature from across the social sciences that discuss the role of the corporation and its place in achieving sustainable development. |
| Literatur | The following books are suggested as background reading, but a Reader will be provided for the students shortly before the course begins. Friedman, M. (1970): The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits The New York Times Magazine. September 14. Carroll, A. (1979): A three dimensional conceptual model of corporate performance. Academy of management Review, 4(4), 497-505. Crane, A., McWilliams, A., Matten, D., Moon, J., Siegel, D.S. (2008): The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration requested: isis.unibas.ch |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Master Sustainable Development) Modul Wirtschaft, Kultur und Wissen (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Students are to: - develop questions for discussion; - provide a copy of their reading notes, which they produced throughout the course; and - be active participants in seminar discussions and debates. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Soziologie |