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Course
Theoretical perspectives on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development

Faculty
Jeremy Moon, Velux Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Department of Management, Society & Communication, CBS (JM)

Steen Vallentin, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Society & Communication, Director of cbs Sustainability, CBS (SV)

Guest lecturers
Mette Morsing, Professor, Department of Management, Society & Communication, CBS (MM)
Andreas Rasche, Professor, Department of Management, Society & Communication, CBS (AR)

Course Coordinator
Jeremy Moon

Prerequisites
Only registered PhD students can participate in the course.

Applicants are asked to submit a one page document together with the registration indicating the following: ‘Which theories they expect to deploy in their PhD; Why; How; and What difficulties may arise?’

Students who are accepted to the course will be expected to submit a 2,500 word essay on this same question, ‘Which theories they expect to deploy in their PhD; Why; How; and What difficulties may arise?’ by 29 March 2019. This will also be the basis of their workshop presentation during the course on which they will get feedback from CBS faculty.

It is a precondition for receiving the course diploma that the student attends the whole course.

Aim
The aim is to strengthen the theoretical understanding and agility of PhD students working in the broad field of corporate social responsibility.  It does not overlap significantly with any of the extant Organization and Management Studies courses, but does at the margin with all of them e.g. organizational, political and communications theoretical perspectives on CSR are included.

Course content
The course Theoretical perspectives on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development aims at providing research students with an in-depth overview of relevant theoretical frameworks and conceptual paradigms in the broader area of corporate responsibility. Students will learn about the theoretical relevance and framing of the concept of CSR and related concepts (e.g. corporate citizenship, sustainable development).

It will provide critical overviews of several key theoretical perspectives and paradigms on CSR. The Course uses three main modes of learning. There will be Plenary sessions combining lectures and discussion; Student presentations at which students will receive close feedback on their papers, and Workshops which will involve discussion of the application of these theories and of special topics.

For those wanting a quick reminder about CSR, you could read Moon (2014) and Rasche et al Chapter 1 (2017).

Teaching style
The Course will be taught in a one week block 29 April – 3 May 2019 at Copenhagen Business School.

Lecture plan
Day 1   29 April
Time Topic Professor Readings
09.00 - 10.00 Welcome and introduction JM, SV .
10.00 - 10.15 Break . .
10.30 - 12.30 Developments in CSR and sustainable development. Paradigms of responsibility SV

Moon, Murphy & Gond (2017)

Vallentin, S. & Murillo, D. (2019)

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch . .
13.30 -15.00 Student presentations JM, SV Student papers
15.00 - 15.30 Break . .
15.30 - 17.00 Student presentations JM, SV Student papers
17.00 Reception . .
Day 2   30 April
Time Topic Professor Readings
09.00 - 10.30 Institutional approaches to CSR JM

Matten & Moon (2008)

Brammer et al (2012)
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Student presentations JM, SV Student papers
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Economic approaches to CSR SV

Porter & Kramer (2011)

Vallentin & Spence (2017)
15.00 - 15.30 Break
15.30 - 17.00 Student presentations JM, SV Student papers
Day 3   1 May
Time Topic Professor Readings
09.00 - 10.30 Political CSR & Corporate Citizenship JM

Moon, Crane & Matten (2004)

Scherer and Palazzo (2011) Whelan (2017)
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Post-structuralism, power and politics in corporate responsibility SV

Cederström, C. & Marinetto, M. (2013)

Vallentin, S. (2015).
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Political CSR 2.0 AR Scherer, Rasche, Palazzo & Spicer (2016)

15.00 - 15.30 Break
15.30 - 17.00 Publishing in specialized and mainstream journals JM
17.30 Dinner
Day 4   2 May
Time Topic Professor Readings
09.00 - 10.30 Communicative approaches to CSR MM Christensen, L, Morsing, M and Thyssen, O (2013)
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Workshop on theory development JM, SV
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 15.00 Workshop on theory development JM, SV
15.00 - 15.30 Break
15.30 - 17.00 ‘Something completely different’
Day 5   3 May
Time Topic Pofessor Readings
09.00 -10.30 From corporate sustainability and circular economy to the UN Sustainable Development Goals SV Whiteman, Walker & Pereg (2013)
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Student presentations on take-aways on theory for own research  JM, SV
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Student presentations on take-aways on theory for own research  JM, SV
14.30 - 14.45 Break
14.45 - 15.30 Post PhD careers JM
15.30 - 16.00 Course feedback and farewell JM, SV

Learning objectives
After attending the Course, students should:
• Be familiar with basic theoretical frameworks related to CSR;
• Understand the assumptions and implications of the different theories for their own research;
• Be able to recognize the practical implications of the theories discussed for CSR.

Exam
N/A

Other

Start date
29/04/2019

End date
03/05/2019

Level
PhD

ECTS
5

Language
English

Course Literature
Brammer, S Jackson, G, and Matten, D (2012) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and institutional theory: new perspectives on private governance’ Socio-Economic review 10 (1): 3-28.

Cederström, C. and Marinetto, M. (2013) ‘Corporate social responsibility á la the liberal communist’ Organization 20 (3) 416 –432

Christensen, L, Morsing, M and Thyssen, O (2013) ‘CSR as Aspirational Talk’ Organization 20: 3

Crane, A, Matten, D and Moon, J (2008) Corporations and Citizenship Cambridge University Press

Matten, D. and Moon, J. (2008) ‘”Implicit” and “Explicit” CSR: A conceptual framework for a comparative understanding of corporate social responsibility’ Academy of Management Review 33 404 – 424

Moon, J. (2014) Corporate Social Responsibility: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press

Moon, J, Crane, A and Matten, D (2006) ‘Corporate power and responsibility: a citizenship perspective’ (Les entreprises et la citoyenneté) Revue De L’organisation Responsable - Responsible Organization Review 1 Avril 82 – 92

Moon, J. Murphy, L. and Gond, J-P. (2017) ‘Historical perspectives on CSR’ in Rasche, A., M Morsing and J Moon eds (2017) Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication and Governance Cambridge University Press

Rasche, A., Morsing, M. and Moon, J (2017) ‘The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: CSR and Beyond in Rasche, A., M Morsing and J Moon eds (2017) Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication and Governance Cambridge University Press

Scherer, A.G. & Palazzo, G. (2011). The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World: A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance and Democracy. Journal of Management Studies, 48(4): 899-931.

Scherer, A.G., Rasche, A., Palazzo, G., & Spicer (2016). Managing for Political Corporate Social Responsibility: New Challenges and Directions for PCSR 2.0’ Journal of Management Studies 53: 3

Vallentin, S. (2015): “Instrumental and Political Currents in the CSR Debate: On the Demise
and (Possible) Resurgence of ‘ethics’”. Published in: Pullen, A., and Rhodes, C. (eds.): The
Routledge Companion to Ethics, Politics and Organizations (pp. 13-31). London: Routledge.

Vallentin, S. & Murillo, D. (2019). CSR and the Neoliberal Imagination. In: A. Sales (Ed.). Corporate Social Responsibility. Institutional and Organizational Perspectives. Springer Verlag (forthcoming)

Vallentin, S. & Murillo, D. (2011) ‘Governmentality and the politics of CSR’ Organization 19(6) 825 –843

Vallentin, S. and Spence, L (2017) ‘Strategic CSR: Ambitions and Critiques’ in Rasche, A., M Morsing and J Moon eds (2017) Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication and Governance Cambridge University Press

Whiteman, G., Walker, B. and Pereg, P. (2013) ‘Planetary Boundaries: Ecological Foundations for Corporate Sustainability’ Journal of Management Studies 50: 2

Fee
DKK 6,500 (covers the course, coffee/tea, lunch, reception and dinner)

Minimum number of participants
15

Maximum number of participants
18

Location
Copenhagen Business School
Dalgas Have 15
2000 Frederiksberg
Room: 2V.070 (2nd floor)

Contact information
The PhD Support
Katja Høeg Tingleff
Tel.: +45 38 15 28 39
E-mail: kht.research@cbs.dk


Registration deadline
15/03/2019

Please note that your registration is binding after the registration deadline.

In case we receive more registrations for the course than we have places, the registrations will be prioritized in the following order: Students from Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies (OMS), students from other CBS PhD schools, students from other institutions than CBS.
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