The Corporate Social Responsibility minor is open to students in any major. It introduces how organizations can create value for all stakeholders through ethical leadership guided by fairness and equity.
Students study ideas from business and philosophy to better understand the role of managers and the ethical issues facing society today. Elective courses allow students to focus on areas such as ethics, public policy, law, economics, healthcare, or environmental safety.
Required Course
Study the symbiotic relationship between business and society in the global community, focusing on multinational corporations and how they can satisfy stakeholder expectations in a way that balances social, environmental and economic goals, while operating in a range of countries – from lesser developed to industrialized.
Required Course
Engage in an intensive philosophical study of social injustices from a variety of contemporary perspectives, including critical liberalism, historical materialism, and the tradition of intersectional theory.
Elective Course
Critically analyze the causes of poverty and inequality and applies this analysis to new approaches to development around the world, and explore historical efforts to address poverty as well as contemporary texts that offer cutting edge solutions to development challenges.