Description
Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility
The Professional Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility comprises 3 courses, and has been designed to provide business leaders and managers with the essential knowledge to be able to develop CSR strategy, processes and systems to enhance the reputation and profile of the organization to key stakeholders and the business and wider communities in which it operates.
- Level: Middle and Senior Managers and Company Directors
- Courses: 3Â (see course details below)
- Learning:Â On Demand 24/7
- CPD Hours: 60 Hours (each course takes approx. 20 hours to complete)
- Duration: 4 Months
- Certification:Â GMA Professional Credentials
Key Benefits
On completing the Professional Certificate in Managing Corporate Social Responsibility, you will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to consult with stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate corporate social responsibility policy within an organization. You will learn how to develop policies and strategies to successfully lead the implementation of CSR strategy across the organization. You will also learn how to evaluate the ethical stance within your business, and how to engender an ethical approach to management of the business in all domains.
Additionally, you will know how to develop best practice business reporting programs using the Balanced Scored framework and enable inclusion of reporting which meets the requirements of the GRI and other Global standards in management of corporate social responsibility.
COURSE CONTENTS
This Certificate in Managing Corporate Social Responsibility program comprises the following courses:
COURSE 1: DEVELOP AND MANAGE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
This course is will provide you with the knowledge and skills to consult with stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate corporate social responsibility policy within an organization, and to comprehensively enhance the profile of the and reputation of the organization in the Global marketplace.
COURSE 2: ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
This course provides an introduction to Ethical Leadership and the techniques and tools a leader can apply to transform the culture of the organization to establish a workplace where people feel valued, where the values of justice and equality are promoted, and where organization has the respect of the wider communities in which it operates.
COURSE 3: DEVELOPING A BALANCED SCORECARD
The Balanced Scorecard has been one of the most influential strategic management tools developed over the past 30 years. Learn about the strategic fit of the balanced scorecard and the core elements and practices required to successfully implement a scorecard framework within your organization. You will learn how to apply the balanced scorecard to your strategic planning and how to use the framework to map strategy and create alignment between the core drivers of performance in your business. In addition, you will learn how to develop scorecards using KRA’s and KPI’s and how to develop scorecards for different functional units and activities (such as Corporate Social Responsibility) in the organization.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
On completion of this program, you will be able to:
- understand the core principles of corporate social responsibility
- articulate your organization’s responsibilities in regard to CSR.
- know how to identify (map) the organization’s key stakeholders
- know how to identify key stakeholder information needs and expectations in regard to CSR.
- justify to senior management and other stakeholders the benefits of applying CSR best practices within the organization
- know how to develop best practice CSR policies
- Know how to plan for CSR implementation across the organization
- know how to set up best practice systems and processes to measure and monitor CSR implementation.
- Know how to measure and evaluate the outcomes of CSR implementation, using a Balanced Scorecard or similar measurement and reporting model.
- understand the elements of ethical behaviour in the workplace
- understand the links between organization values and ethical behaviour in the workplace
- know how to promote ethical behaviour
- apply ethical leadership best practices
- demonstrate integrity in decision making
- understand the the strategic fit of the balanced scorecard in an organization
- know how to design a balanced scorecard for your organization.
- identify the key strategic themes underpinning corporate strategy
- know how to carry out strategy mapping.
- know how to identify and align corporate strategy in a causal chain of performance drivers.
- identify Key Result Areas and Key Performance Indicators which measure achievement of strategic objectives and targets.
- map and prioritize strategic initiatives which enable execution of corporate strategy.
- develop top level and aligned downstream scorecards to measure strategy execution.
- develop an initial dashboard (Excel or other) to display corporate BSC results.
- plan for future roll out and possible automation of the balanced scorecard within the wider organization.
