UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

TEACHING WORKPLAN
Faculty: Management Sciences
Department: Business Administration
Session: 2019/2020
Course Code: FBA 420
Course Title: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Course Units:3 Units

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Corporate Social Responsibility introduces students to the concept of corporate social
responsibility, which involves an examination of whether organizations should expand their
focus from serving stockholders to also considering the impact of the firm's activities on diverse
stakeholders.
Practicing corporate social responsibility requires that a corporation meld business goals with
societal expectations. To do so means addressing complex questions such as: What obligations
do businesses have to the societies in which they operate? Can the interests of corporations and
their outside stakeholders be aligned, or are they in inherent conflict? This course examines these
and other questions without prescribing simple solutions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, you should be able to:
 Examine the scope and complexity of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
 Demonstrate a multi-stakeholder perspective in viewing CSR issues.
 Analyze the connections between corporate strategy and CSR and the impact on
foundational organizational principles such as mission and vision.
 Compare and contrast the multiple viewpoints and tradeoffs that exist in the area of CSR.
 Analyze the complex issues confronting organizational leaders as they develop their CSR
programs.
 Evaluate the level of commitment to CSR of various organizations and explain how it can
be a source of competitive advantage.
 Analyze the impact of CSR implementation on corporate culture, particularly as it relates
to social issues.
COURSE MATERIALS
The following materials are required to do the work of the course.
Required Textbooks
 Werther, W. B. & Chandler, D. (2011). Strategic corporate social
responsibility. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Articles
The course also requires you to read several journal articles and to view videos. Each module
will include directions for accessing the articles or videos you need.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Corporate Social Responsibility is a three-credit online graduate course, consisting
of four modules. Modules include a topics, learning objectives, study materials, and activities.
Module titles are listed below.
Module Module Title and Topics

1 The Meaning and Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility

1.01  Evolution of CSR Prof. Sulaimon
1.02  CSR and the law of economics Prof. Sulaimon
1.03  CSR and social legitimacy Prof. Sulaimon
1.04  CSR expectations in rich and in poor societies Dr. Gbadamosi
1.05  The evolving role of stockholders Dr. Gbadamosi
1.06  The iron law of social responsibility Dr. Gbadamosi
1.07  Moral and economic arguments for CSR Dr. Onokala

2 The Role of Stakeholders in CSR

2.01  Stakeholder advocacy Dr. Onokala
2.02  The role of business in society Dr. Onokala
2.03  Consumers' awareness and willingness to pay for socially responsible
corporate behavior Dr. Omoera
2.04  The communications revolution and its impact on CSR Dr. Omoera
2.05  Globalization and CSR Dr. Omoera
2.06  Different stakeholders, different perspectives Dr. Adebakin
2.07  Success and failure with CSR initiatives Dr. Adebakin
2.08  Corporate response to citizen demands via CSR Dr. Adebakin
2.09  The five stages of organizational growth in CSR Dr. Ikenwa

3 The Strategic Importance of CSR Implementation

3.01  CSR as a balance between organizational means and ends Dr. Ikenwa
3.02  The strategic lens: vision, mission, strategy, and tactics Dr. Ikenwa
3.03  Environmental and other global forces propelling CSR Dr. Ofuani
3.04  Impact of globalization and communications technologies Dr. Ofuani
3.05  The strategic CSR model Dr. Ofuani
3.06  The business-level CSR threshold Dr. Okonji
3.07  Implementing CSR Dr. Okonji
3.08  CSR as competitive advantage Dr. Okonji

4 Case Studies in Organizational, Economic, and Societal CSR Issues

4.01 Organizational issues (actions versus intentions, corporate commitment,
voluntary versus mandatory, stakeholder activism) Dr. Akintunde
4.02 Economic/business issues (branding, diversity, sustainability, fair trade,
wages) Dr. Akintunde
4.03 Social issues (outsourcing, corruption, human rights, patents)
Dr. Akintunde
ASSESSMENT METHODS
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in group discussions,
implementations of the actual event of CSR activities, and submit a reflection exercise, CD of
the event, and write-up of the event.
Reflection Exercises
These assignments ask you to prepare relatively brief responses (5 to 10 paragraphs) to narrate
your group CSR activities.

GRADING AND EVALUATION

Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:  
 Group Activity —20 percent
 Reflection exercises —20 percent
 Exam—60 percent
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
First Steps to Success
To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:
 Read carefully the entire Syllabus, making sure that all aspects of the course are clear to
you and that you have all the materials required for the course.
Plagiarism
University of Lagos is committed to helping students understand the seriousness of plagiarism,
which is defined as using the work and ideas of others without proper citation. The University
takes a strong stance against plagiarism, and students found to be plagiarizing are subject to
discipline under the academic code of conduct policy.
If you copy phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or whole documents word-for-word—or if you
paraphrase by changing a word here and there—without identifying the author, or without
identifying it as a direct quote, then you are plagiarizing. Please keep in mind that this type of
identification applies to Internet sources as well as to print-based sources. Copying and pasting
from the Internet, without using quotation marks and without acknowledging sources, constitutes
plagiarism.
Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of
plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own
paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else’s. It is more
difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes
to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources.
Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the
risk of being charged with plagiarism.
Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If
you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on
courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving
yourself.
For examples of unintentional plagiarism, advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, and
information about writing assistance and originality report checking, click the links provided
below.
 FBA 420 ROASTERS 2019/2020
Note: All dates are subject to change based on the completion of each module.

DATE LECTURER ROOM NO. TIME

Module 1

May 17 (Monday) Prof. Sulaimon Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

May 17 (Tuesday) Prof. Sulaimon Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

May 24 (Monday) Dr. Gbadamosi Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

May 25 (Tuesday) Dr. Gbadamosi Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

May 31 (Monday) Dr. Onokala Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

June 1 (Tuesday) Dr. Onokala Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

June 7 (Monday) Dr. Omoera Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

June 8 (Tuesday) Dr. Omoera Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

June 14 (Monday) Dr. Adebakin Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

June 15 (Tuesday) Dr. Adebakin Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

June 21 (Monday) Dr. Ikenwa Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

June 22 (Tuesday) Dr. Ikenwa Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

June 28 (Monday) Dr. Ofuani Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm
June 29 (Tuesday) Dr. Ofuani Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am
Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

July 5 (Monday) Make-up Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

July 6 (Tuesday) Make-up Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

July 12 (Monday) Dr. Akintunde Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

July 13 (Tuesday) Dr. Akintunde Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm

July 19 (Monday) Field Project Room 1&2 (ACC) 2pm-4pm

Room 4&5 (Act/Ins) 8pm-10pm

July 20 (Tuesday) Field Project Room 1&2 (Bus) 8am-10am

Room 4&5 (HRM) 12pm-2pm
Room 4&5 (FIN) 2pm-4pm