The course is designed for HR practitioners wishing to understand more about CSR issues and impacts.

CSR has rapidly emerged as an issue for managers. The UK’s most successful companies have adopted responsible business practices in the marketplace and the environment, as well as in the workplace and the wider community.

This 1-day course sets the scene, and will examine the facts and figures behind the adoption of CSR by business. The course is designed to provide practical guidance for managers to work out the priorities for their own organisations. The course will introduce the DTI’s CSR Academy competency framework as an ideal way to introduce concepts of responsibility to HR and other mainstream business operations.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• assess the evidence supporting the growth of CSR in business
• determine the key CSR issues for your business in the marketplace, the environment and the community, as well as in the workplace
• identify and prioritise your organisation’s key stakeholders 
• evaluate how responsible business practices can contribute to competitiveness and bottom line profitability
• define key performance indicators that would be relevant and useful to your company’s stakeholders
• review your HR policies in the light of growing demands for responsible business practice.