Backwards Design - Stage 1 Curricular Priorities Draft

Students should be familiar with:

• corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  
• management principals and standards
  
• employee well being
• community relations
  
• eco-efficiency and sustainable production
  
• supply chain
• social marketing
  
• CSR reporting
  
• sustainable development
  
• multi-stakeholder processes

Students should know how to:

• explain CSR from the point of view of different organizations
• describe what a sustainable organization looks like
  
• describe CSR management principals
• explain the social and environmental impacts of a companies actions (at least superficially)
• analyze a companies position on the social responsibility spectrum and make recommendations
  
• identify the advantages and disadvantages of multi-stakeholder processes
• systemic and critical thinking skills (not sure where this goes yet)

Students should understand (develop attitudes) that:

• how their decisions and actions affect others (ethics, empathy)
  
• the importance of our social networks
• the importance of the environment
• the importance of long-term thinking
  
• the importance of confidence in relationships
• the importance of managing communication
• the benefits and challenges of participative processes
• the limits and challenges of corporate social responsibility