- Fleming, Peter and Jones, Marc (2013) The End of Corporate Social Responsibility: Crisis and Critique. Los Angeles: SAGE.
- Moon, Jeremy (2014) Corporate Social Responsibility: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Nolan, Justine and Dorothee Baumann-Pauly (Eds.) (2016) Business and Human Rights: From Principles to Practice. Oxford: Routledge.
- Walker-Said, Charlotte and Kelly, John Dunham (Eds.) (2015) Corporate Social Responsibility? Human Rights in the New Global Economy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Articles up to 200 pages.
Freestanding course
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights
Freestanding course, Bachelor’s level
7.5 hp
Malmö daytime 100%
4 October 2021 - 7 November 2021
Applications open 15 March
About the course
Course content
The module discusses different theories of what constitutes the social responsibility of corporations with a focus on human rights. It also presents an overview of different international guidelines for the social responsibility of corporations. Moreover, the module describes the debate about the needs for legally binding conventions for multinational corporations.
Admission requirements
Admission requirements
Admission to the course requires a minimum of 60 approved credits with a certain progression in one of the following Major Subjects: European Studies, Human Rights, International Migration and Ethnic Relations, International Relations or Peace and Conflict Studies or similar.
Selection
University credits completed 100%
Course literature
Course evaluation
The University provides students who participate in or who have completed a course with the opportunity to make known their experiences and viewpoints with regards to the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarize the results of course evaluations as well as informing participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures initiated in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
