Single course
Corporate Social Responsibility (Master's level)
In this course, you will develop a critical understanding of CSR as a strategic element of contemporary management. You will analyse CSR and the SDGs from multiple perspectives and strengthen your ability to apply responsible management principles in complex organisational contexts.
Content
The course covers the concepts and theory of Corporate Social Responsibility, including Strategic CSR Management, Ecological Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Economic Responsibility, Ethical Responsibility, Stakeholder Responsibility, and Sustainability Reporting and assessment.
Objectives
Corporate social responsibility has become a crucial part of modern management as organisations address global challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation and inequality. By integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), organisations can strengthen their environmental, social, economic and stakeholder performance. CSR competence enhances organisational success, competitiveness and societal wellbeing. This course supports SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16 and 17. Jamk University of Applied Sciences, School of Business, is committed to PRME and the development of responsible future decision-makers.
At the end of the course, you will master the concepts and key theories of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in different levels (from individual to global). You can critically evaluate, analyse, and apply theoretical knowledge in organizational development and strategic management, taking the goals of different stakeholders into account. You can analyze the importance of implementing corporate social responsibility for the wellbeing of employees, work communities and society considering also ethical responsibility. You are able to communicate and share your learning and competence with other students in a virtual environment.
Course competences
Responsibility management: You have an in-depth command of the knowledge base of sustainable development and are able to evaluate, analyse and apply researched knowledge critically in business development and management. You are able to initiate and implement responsible business with strategic stakeholders and partners.
Operating in a workplace: You are able to develop and manage the comprehensively well-being of a work community. You promote the resilience of a work community.
Ethics: You are able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments. You promote the realisation of diversity and accessibility. You are able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.
Sustainable development: You are able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
Implementation methods
Study methods
Corporate Social Responsibility course is an online course. Your studies take place in the Moodle learning environment, where you will find course instructions, schedules, assignments and materials. There are no webinars in this course. You will enhance the learning from your student colleagues via discussion forum where you can discuss and share your findings with other students about responsibility issues.
Teacher is available and you can ask the questions regarding this course via FAQ and email. In the course, learning takes place flexibly according to your own schedule. You will conduct independent information retrieval and apply what you have learned in the assignments.
The study of the course begins by orientation to the course, the theoretical starting points of corporate social responsibility and the definition of the key concepts. During the first three weeks of the course, you will have an orientation assignment which confirms your participation in the course.
Guidance
Guidance takes place in the Moodle learning environment (question and answer forum) and by email.
Feedback
You will receive feedback from the teacher and peer-to-peer evaluations.
You will give feedback on the course (mid-term and final feedback on the implementation).
Additional information
This course takes place on the autumn semester 2026 (7.9.-18.12.2026) and takes place in the Moodle learning environment. The course does not include webinars. You can study the course in accordance with a personal schedule and completion plan.
The study of the course begins by orientation to the course, the theoretical starting points of corporate social responsibility and the definition of the key concepts. During the first three weeks of the course, you will have an orientation assignment which confirms your participation in the course.
The course code is YH00CL66-3004.
Enrolling on open studies requires a Finnish personal identity number and strong identification.
Verify your identity in the Suomi.fi service or with HAKA credentials when you enroll. Otherwise, you will need either a valid passport or an EU ID card with a chip (according to the ICAO 9303 E-MRTD standard). In this case, please contact help.jamk.fi
Please notice that degree students in Jamk who have enrolled for attendance in are not eligible to enroll as Jamk Open UAS students (instead, enrolment in Peppi).
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