COURSE SYLLABUS IN

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

S.Y. 2018 TO 2019/2ND SEMESTER

Course Title CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Course Code MGMT 5.1

Credit Unit 3 UNITS

Course Pre-requisite NONE

Course Description The Course will focus on the theories and concepts of business ethics, corporate social responsibility and
environmental management - their importance and relevance in the workplace and in the external environment where
personal growth, ethical practices and social transformation take place. The topic on social responsibility of the
corporation will focus on its implication to the various stakeholders of the business such as the management,
employees, employees’ families, suppliers, customers, environment and the community at large. On the other hand,
environmental management will emphasize environmental protection policies, programs or activities integrated in the
social responsibility of companies. Furthermore, actual cases and practices depicting ethical and unethical standards,
effective and weak corporate social responsibility, best and worst practices of environmental management among
selected local and international companies will be discussed thoroughly in this course.

Course Objectives At the end of this course, the students are expected to:
A. Acquire knowledge of moral and ethical principles, and corporate social responsibility which are needed in the
dynamic world of business.
B. Identify the relationships, responsibilities, and legal and ethical accountabilities of a corporation not only to its
stakeholders but also to the society at large.
C. Inspire future professionals to engage in moral and ethical practice, social responsibility, and pro-environment
programs, activities or initiatives.
 Teaching-Learning Assessment
Week Hours Content/Topic Intended Learning Outcomes
Activities Tasks

1 3 Overview of the Course § Orient the requirements of the ü Creation of groups ü Observation
Setting Parameters course and group leaders of student
Grading System § Level Expectations and Intended ü Discussion of the behavior and
Academic Requirements Outcome syllabus and class attitude
§ Formulate classroom rules rules and lecture inside the
§ Elucidate Grading System ü Summary of key classroom.
academic requirements points

ü
2-3 3 Business Ethics, Corporate Social § Understand the concepts of ü Lecture ü Quiz
Responsibility and Environment Management important terms such as Ethics, ü Class Discussion, ü Class
Profit, Social Responsibility and Sharing of Ideas and participation
I. BUSINESS ETHICS Environmental Management, and Experiences ü Checking of
A. Business Ethics as Foundation of CSR differentiate ü Summary of Assignment
B. Business Ethics and CSR Compared § Deduce the importance and important points
C. Ethical Management of Profit relevance of ethics to business ü Assignment
§ Discuss the benefits of adopting
II. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY and practicing corporate social
responsibility towards
III. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT stakeholders and general public.
§ Substantiate the Stakeholder
Theory
§ Discuss the importance for
companies to adhere to
environmental protection, adopt
to environmental changes, and
maximize human benefit while
minimizing environmental
degradation.
 Teaching-Learning Assessment
Week Hours Content/Topic Intended Learning Outcomes
Activities Tasks

4-5 3 Social Responsibility Towards the Employees § Understand basic right of ü Group Report 1 ü Quiz
A. Good Working Condition: Basic Employee employees to a favorable working ü Short-Video ü Graded Group
Right condition. Presentation and Individual
B. Equal Employment Opportunities and § Enumerate the ethical principles ü Recitation Report
Affirmative Action that are relevant to the
C. Labor Contractualization workplace.
D. Anti-Sexual Harassment § Assess the impact of
E. Child Labor contractualization to employees,
employers and to the whole labor
force.
§ Identify examples of
discriminatory stereotypes
against women and gays
§ Understand what constitutes
child labor and its implication to
the business and society.

6-7 3 Social Responsibility Towards the Consumers, § Identify actual cases of Filipino ü Group Report 2 ü Quiz
End Users, and General Public companies involved in deceptive ü Short-Video ü Oral
A. Deceptive Practices and unethical practices. Presentation Recitation
B. Consumer Protection § Construe the fundamental rights
C. Ethics in Advertising and Marketing of consumers
§ Review and evaluate selected
company informercials for any
concrete cases of obscene and
disparaging ads.
8 3 M I D T E R M E X A M I N A T I O N S (ORAL RECITATION)

9 3 M I D T E R M E X A M I N A T I O N S (WRITTEN EXAMS)
Week Hours Content/Topic Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching-Learning Assessment
Activities Tasks

10-11 Social Responsibility Towards the § Understand the concepts of ü Group Report 3
Competitors price-fixing scheme and cartel ü Short-Video
A. Market Dominance and Price-Fixing system, and assess the moral and Presentation
Scheme ethical principles that are violated
B. Cartel System under those practices
C. Intellectual Property Rights § Identify what constitutes
Intellectual Property, and the law
that governs it
§ Justify how an infringement of an
intellectual property is
tantamount to stealing or looting

12-13 3 Social Responsibility Towards the
Contractors, Suppliers and Government
A. Bribery and Extortion
B. Fraud and Other White-Collar Crimes
C. Corporate Tax Duty
§ Understand the concept of ü Group Report 4 ü Quiz
bribery, fraud, white-collar ü Short-Video ü Recitation
crimes, and their implication in Presentation
any business
§ Ascertain the moral obligation
and accountability of both briber
and extortionist
§ Enumerate and explain the
different types and forms of fraud
§ Justify how corporate taxation is
a social responsibility
§ Differentiate tax avoidance from
tax evasion
Week Hours Content/Topic Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching-Learning Assessment
Activities Tasks

14-15 3 Social Responsibility Towards the § Identify actual cases and practices ü Group Report 5 ü Quiz
Environment of Filipino companies that ü Short-Video ü Presentation
A. Business Concerns violated environmental Presentation of
B. Best Practices protection ü Collaborative Formulated
§ Enumerate the concrete duties of Learning CSR Policies,
the private business to the ü Assignment Projects and
environment Programs
§ Justify the need for
Environmental Management
Accounting (EMA) in a company
§ Enumerate other concrete cases
and practices of corporate social
responsibility in the Philippines
§ Formulate and compose policies
integrating all concepts on
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Business Ethics and
Environmental Management
18 3 F I N A L E X A M I N A T I O N S (ORAL RECITATION)

19 3 F I N A L E X A M I N A T I O N S (WRITTEN EXAMS)
Course
Maximiano, Jose Mario B. 2007. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Reference
Attendance 10%
Attitude 10%
Course
Recitation/Report/Assignment 20%
Requirements
Quizzes 20%
Midterm/Final Examination 40%