Responsible Business

  • The Responsible Business specialization offers students the chance to focus their study around emerging social, ethical and environmental concerns that are at the forefront of business, and to prepare themselves for the management challenges that lie ahead. Courses in this specialization enable students to focus on responsible business issues as they relate to different core business functions (e.g. Strategy, Accounting, Marketing, etc.) and to different sectors (business, nonprofit and public).

  • Professor Geoffrey Kistruck, Specialization Director
    Professor Geoffrey Kistruck, Specialization Director

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Career Opportunities

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  • The Responsible Business specialization is compatible with specialist careers in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business, as well as adding a responsible business dimension to more traditional careers in mainstream business areas (particularly when combined with a second specialization). The goal of the specialization is to enable students to position themselves to prospective recruiters as future leaders ready to meet some of the most urgent and complex challenges of business in the twenty first century.

  • The Schulich Centre for Career Design

    Your career is top priority at Schulich. To make career decisions that are right for you, the CCD will help you identify strengths, determine career objectives, develop career plans, hone skills for career management and put your professional development plan into action.

    - Our highly experienced CCD Advisors bring a unique combination of first-hand knowledge, experience and diverse perspectives in a wide variety of businesses and industry sectors.

    - Take advantage of a series of proven career-building modules, including up-to-date Job Search Techniques, Self-Assessment, Resume and Cover Letter Writing, and Interview Skills to help you stand out from the competition.

    - Corporate Information Sessions offer you an opportunity to meet top level recruiters, alumni and executives.

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Specialization Requirements

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Requirement

To specialize in Responsible Business, enrol in 12.00 credits as outlined below:

  • SB/SUST 4300 3.00
  • a minimum of 3.00 credits (to a maximum of 9.00 credits) from the “Recommended Elective Courses” list
  • a maximum of 6.00 credits from the “Additional Elective Courses” list
  • a maximum of one course can be taken from the “Approved Non-Schulich Elective Courses” List unless approved by the Director of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business
    Please note: Only 3.00 credits of a 6.00 credits course can be used to satisfy the specialization.

Required Courses

  • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Recommended Courses

  • SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  • CREATING GLOBAL CAPITALISM
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE LAW
  • MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN NONPROFIT SECTOR
  • CONFLICT & NEGOTIATION
  • GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS
  • SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
  • RESILIENCE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN ORGANIZATIONS
  • SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

Note: SB/SUST 4010 will not be offered until the Fall 2025 term.

 

Additional Electives

  • BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS INSIGHTS: CONSUMERS, BUSINESS AND MARKETS
  • MANAGING BUSINESS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
  • INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
  • SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
  • MANAGING CHANGE
  • MANAGING ACROSS CULTURES

Approved Non-Schulich Electives

Please note: only 3.00 credits of a 6.00 credits course can be used to satisfy the specialization.
Additional exclusions may apply. See your program handbook for details.

  • ES/ENVS 3130 3.00 Energy and the Environment in Canada
  • ES/ENVS 3400 3.00 Introduction to Climate Change Science and Policy
  • ES/ENVS 3420 3.00 Environmental Law
  • ES/ENVS 4161 3.00 Social Movements, Activism and Social Change
  • ES/ENVS 4400 3.00 Principles of Renewable Energy:Theory, Policy and Practice (only open to 4th year students)
  • ES/ENVS 4401 3.00 Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency: Theory, Policy & Practice in a Canadian Context (only open to 4th year students)
  • ES/ENVS 4430 3.00 Impact Assessment Process & Practice
  • ES/ENVS 4442 3.00 Environmental Auditing
  • AP/SOSC 3041 6.00 The Social Economy & Alternative Development
  • AP/SOSC 3981 3.00 Diversity, Justice and Solidarity at Work
  • AP/SOSC 4040 6.00 Issues in Business and Society
  • AP/SOSC 4043 6.00 Corporate Governance and Business Law in Comparative Context
  • AP/SOSC 4045 6.00 Business, Communications and Society
  • AP/SOSC 4046 6.00 Social Economy Practicum
  • AP/SOSC 4047 6.00 The Business of Neoliberal Globalization

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Corporate Social Responsibility Society

Each year in January, the Corporate Social Responsibility Society (CSRS) provides students from across Canada the opportunity to listen to, learn alongside, and create lasting relationships with various industry leaders who not only value, but implement CSR in their everyday business activities.

Website: https://csrsociety.wixsite.com/website-5
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corporate-social-responsibility-society/