Corporate Social Responsibility – Level 1

This Corporate Social Responsibility – Level 1 course will cover:

What is Corporate Social Responsibility and why does it matter?

• The pressure for change
• The Legal Background of CSR
• Company directors’ obligations and CSR
• Voluntary measures
• Is CSR “Just Public Relations”?
• CSR and corporate governance links

Best practice in CSR – corporate approaches on the key topics

• Codes of Practice
• Dealing with communities
• CSR and employees
• Managing suppliers responsibly
• Responsible client relations
• Corporate Responsibility and the environment

The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility

• The Strategic Imperatives involved in CSR
• What is a business case?
• USING tools to build the business case
• Identifying and Managing CSR risks
• The public procurement challenges from CSR
• Getting and maintaining corporate support and approval

Changing the Organisation to include CSR

• Developing the CSR corporate vision
• Setting our CSR strategic SMART objectives
• Identifying and Managing affected stakeholders
• How leaders make CSR happen
• The key steps to make the CSR change effective

Developing and implementing the CSR plan

• What should be in the CSR plan?
• Communicating the plan
• Piloting the plan
• Overcoming objections
• Measuring impact and results
• Auditing and reviewing CSR performance
• Reporting on CSR