About this Course

The Ethics and Social Responsibility will address needs to align personal and company values, with vision and mission of the company. Creation of the business purpose that is balanced and leveraging social responsibility is particularly important in DigiCirc initiative. We need to address, formalize, and communicate social responsibility and ethical standards that will be uncompromised in search for business performance.

By integrating business ethics and principles of social responsibility, organizations and start-ups can make a difference in the world and enhance their reputation. ICA will support SME consortia to develop CSR and business ethic strategies, tailored to their needs, to maximize both their environmental and social impact, as well as their marketing appeal. In this process the Principles of the Blueprint for Better Business (UK based Non-profit Association) will be used. This holistic approach motivates companies to develop Purpose-Driven organizationsthat are looking for a successful business with high standards of ethical and social interest for extended Value Chain Partners, Planet and People. Several business cases are used to illustrate a success of corporations that demonstrated above average growth when the synergy of corporate and personal objectives was achieved through ethics and social responsibility focus balanced with financial business objectives.

This module will help participants to define CSR and ethics principles as the important business drivers of sustainability. It will be shared how corporate social responsibility (CSR) matters for companies, major stakeholders and various interest groups and customers. The participants will have opportunity to understand and defineown plans how the use of ethics and social responsibility a sa source of competitive advantage to capture greater economic value, employee motivation and customer preferences.