MN4227 Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Prof R J Ferguson

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Module Staff

Professor Lorna Stevenson and Professor John Ferguson

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Module description

This module provides an introduction to and analysis of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, the meaning, tensions and conflicts that social responsibility entails and the role that accountability can play in the discharge of responsibility in a democracy. The module will examine the theory and practice of social, environmental and sustainability reporting as a manifestation of social and environmental accountability and explore and assess current experiences with that reporting. The module will examine the practical and political constraints on the development of substantive social, environmental and sustainability reporting and explore different ways in which the discharge of social accountability might be achieved.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST ( PASS MN2001 AND PASS MN2002 ) OR PASS SD2002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

An alternative project of up to 3,000 words = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 lectures (x 10 weeks) and 1 tutorial (x 6 weeks)

Intended learning outcomes

  • Critically analyse arguments around the meaning and desirability of CSR
  • Compare key arguments about the purpose of a corporation and the interests that it should serve
  • Evaluate approaches to social and environmental reporting practice, theory and regulation
  • Critique current developments around business and human rights, and CSR reporting and practice