COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6181 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to give students an understanding of an organization cannot define its social responsibilities on its own even if corporate social responsibility can contribute to enriching social dialogue with its new tools (codes of conduct, socially responsible investment).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to describe the concept of corporate social responsibility
2   to discuss the transformation of labour standards
3   to show the differences between core labour standards (ILO), social labelling, ethical investment and sourcing, in-house codes of conduct and certified external codes.
4   to analyses the contents, the scope and the wording of social standards
5   to determine the effects of social standards on labour relations
6   to evaluate the corporate social responsibility thinking with regards to its effects on social policy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
2 Transformation of Labour Standards
3 Core Labour Standards (ILO)
4 Social Standards and Global Policy Networks
5 Social Labelling
6 Ethical Investment and Sourcing
7 In-house Codes of Conduct
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Certified External Codes
10 The Contents of Social Standards
11 The Scope of Social Standards
12 The Wording of Social Standards
13 Social Standards and Individual Labour Relations
14 Social Standards and Collective Labour Relations

Recomended or Required Reading

Suzanne YOUNG, Vijaya THYIL; Governance, employees and CSR: Integration is the key to unlocking value, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. Vol. 47, No. 2, 2009, s. 167 185.
Richard N. BLOCK, Karen ROBERTS, Cynthia OZEKI, Myron J. ROOMKIN; Models of international labour standards, Industrial Relations. Vol. 40, No. 2, April 2001, s. 258 292.
Oliver BOIRAL; The certification of corporate conduct: issues and prospects, International Labour Review. Vol. 142, No. 3, 2003, s. 317 340.
Rhys JENKINS; Corporate codes of conduct- Self-regulation in a global economy, Technology, Business and Society Programme Paper, No. 2, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, April 2001.
David KUCERA; Core labour standards and foreign direct investment, International Labour Review. Vol. 141, No. 1-2, 2002, s. 31-69.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The assessment and evaluation instruments are examinations and review essays for the learning outcomes 1 (to describe the concept of corporate social responsibility), 4 (to analyses the contents, the scope and the wording of social standards), and 3 (to show the differences between core labour standards, social labelling, ethical investment and sourcing, in-house codes of conduct and certified external codes).
The assessment and evaluation instruments are review essays and class participation for the learning outcomes, 2 (to discuss the transformation of labour standards), 5 (to determine the effects of the effects of social standards on labour relations), and 6 (to evaluate the corporate social responsibility thinking with regards to its effects on social policy).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Address: Dokuz Eylül University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
35 160 Buca/IZMIR
e-mail: tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr
Phone: (232) 41 10 293

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
Tuesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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