Corporate Social Responsibility – Level 2
Course Information:
Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
---|---|---|---|
Online | 12 hours | Flexi-date | £1,750.00 |
In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
London | 5 days | 7-Mar | £3,500.00 |
London | 5 days | 06-Jun | £3,500.00 |
London | 5 days | 5-Dec | £3,500.00 |
Who should attend?
- Corporate Affairs managers and officers
- CSR managers and officers
- Corporate strategists
- Community Relations managers and officers
- HR, Administration and Environmental managers concerned with CSR planning and implementation
- Project managers responsible for developing and implementing CSR projects
- Communications managers and officers responsible for internal and external reporting on sustainability
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Understand how Corporate Social Responsibility is important in the public and private sectors
- Develop and Improve their community relations activities
- Interpret the impact of CSR on the reputation of the organisation
- Plan, initiate or improve CSR programmes
- Report on their sustainability programmes
COURSE TOPICS:
The Significance and Relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility
- What is the scope of CSR?
- Who is involved? – CSR stakeholders
- What are the risks of ignoring corporate social responsibilities?
- Comparing the roles of Public and Private Organisations in CSR
- Is CSR “Just Good Public Relations”?
Sustainability in Purchasing
- Managing a responsible Supply Chain
- The Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code
- Combating child labour in manufacturing
- Controlling contractor abuses in construction
- Maintaining ethical standards
- Diversity in the supply chain
- Conflict minerals policies
Community Relations and Environmental Sustainability
- Working effectively with host communities
- Managing sensitive issues including payments and relocation
- Building successful community projects
- Assessing social and environmental risk
- Managing operations sustainably
- Case studies on community relations
CSR Standards and Reporting
- Sustainability Reporting frameworks
- The Global Reporting Initiative
- UN Global Compact
- International Labour Organisation instruments
- ISO 26000
- How to report your CSR progress
- Model examples and class exercise using GRI Sustainability Reporting
CSR Perspectives
- The politics of CSR
- Creating shared value
- Ethical consumerism
- “Greenwashing”
- CSR and tax avoidance
- Applying Corporate Social Responsibility in non-corporate organisations
- Future requirements for corporate responsibility