Advanced Professional Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance

The Advanced Professional Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance aims to enable the learner with the critical knowledge of structure and process of corporate governance and the concept of corporate social responsibility.

The course introduces ways to enhance the cooperation and oversight of the corporate functioning and manage good corporate image through corporate social responsibility for business value creation.

The learner will be able to understand and apply key concepts and model to enable the learner to better prepare and carry out socially responsible initiatives.

Learning Outcomes

After the successful completion of the certificate, the student will be able to:

• Understand the impact of communication in CSR
• Understand the concept of the Global Reporting Initiative (GPI)
• Explain the concept of Corporate governance
• Explain the goal and structure of corporate governance
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the concepts of comparative corporate governance
• Elaborate on the concept of corporate governance reforms
• Differentiate between corporate citizenship, social, responsibility, responsiveness, and performance.
• Explain how corporate social responsibility (CSR) evolved and now encompasses economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic components
• Provide business examples of CSR and corporate citizenship.
• Elaborate on the concept of corporate social performance (CSP).
• Explain how corporate citizenship develops in stages in companies.
• Describe the socially responsible investing movement.
• Explain key issues and key drivers of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
• Explain ways in which firms handle CSR pressures.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the concepts of social responsiveness and social performance.
• Elaborate on the concept of corporate citizenship, its drivers and benefits, and the concept of the triple bottom line
• Explain how corporate citizenship develops in stages in companies.
• Describe the dimensions of creating financial value through CSR