Corporate Social Responsibility Presentation of lectures and role-play Rémi Bazillier Professor of Economics Sorbonne School of Economics – Panthéon-Sorbonne University [email protected] http://remi.bazillier.free.fr

Organization of the Semester • 18 hours in total • First part: Lectures on CSR • • • •

October 2: 16h-19h October 9: 16h-17h30 October 16: 16h-19h October 23: 16h17h30

• Second part: role play • • • •

November 13: 16h-19h November 20: 16h-17h30 December 4: 16h-17h30 December 11: 16h – 19h

Outline of lectures on CSR • Chapter 1: CSR

• Business and its environmnent

• Business and non-market environment • Integrated strategy • Private non-market actions

• CSR

• What is CSR • Explaining CSR

• CSR and market imperfections

• CSR and performance

• Chapter 2: Sustainability reporting • The GRI standards • Reporting principles • Principles for defining report quality

Role play • General objective: • A group of students (2) represents a firm • The firm presents her CSR strategy

• The other group (2) represents the stakeholders • The stakeholders defend their point of view

• At the end of the game, students vote for the most convincing group

Group firm (2 students) • Preparation of a sustainable development report (following guidelines) • Research work on CSR strategy, and synthesis of existing extrafinancial reports • Research and anticipation of the stakeholders’ claim • Preparation of answers to potential questions / claims

Group Stakeholders (2 students) • Mapping of relevant stakeholders • Selection of the two most relevant stakeholders • Research work on claims / Critics of stakeholders • Preparation of detailed arguments towards firms • Speech can be more or less critical depending on the strategy of the specific stakeholder

• Anticipation of anwers / arguments from the firm • Choice of action tools

Proceeding of the game • Presentation of the sustainable development report (10 minutes) • Arguments of each stakeholders (5 minutes each = 10 minutes) • Answer from the firm and actions taken (5 minutes) • Answer stakeholders and actions (5 minutes) • Debriefing and vote

Process • 1. Make groups (2x2), if possible mix btw EADL and STEDE • 2. Choice of the firm • 3. Choose a slot and propose name of the firm • https://lite.framacalc.org/rse2018

• 4. Prepare the role play (without communicating between the firm group and the stakeholders group!)