Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability
MGT 423
Course Description:
Over the past few decades, the idea that business has a broader set of priorities than generating profits for its owners has evolved: from a fringe, utopian notion that few originally accepted, to a mainstream conviction of virtually all of the leading companies in the world. Importantly, this evolution has been primarily catalyzed not by heightened levels of corporate conscience, but by the growing recognition that the welfare of all organizational stakeholders impacts financial value creation and long-term sustainability. Simply put, not only is corporate responsibility the right thing to do, its also just good business. The Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CRS) course explores the role of business in society and its social and environmental responsibilities. Using a stakeholder framework, where customers, employees, value chain partners, communities, and the environment join shareholders as core constituencies of the organization, CRS examines corporate responsibility across the spectrum of activities of a business: strategy, financial management, operations, marketing, and organizational development. The course integrates classroom-based lecture and discussion, readings and cases that reflect leading thinking and practices, guest lectures from leading practitioners, and a substantive project where students work directly with CRS leadership at leading companies on real-world corporate responsibility and sustainability issues.
2 Credit(s)
Faculty:
- James Schorr (View Profile)
Subject Area(s):
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
Program(s):
- MBA
Please Note: Not all courses are scheduled each semester. Complete class schedules are available upon enrollment.
