Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility Training Course

Why select this training course?

Organizations do not exist in isolation; time and again, they interact with stakeholders and the environment in which they carry on business. Thus, corporate responsibility is a medium that aids an organization’s accountability to relevant stakeholders and public members. At the same time, sustainability leadership provides an organization with a competitive edge and relevant opportunities.

What are the styles of sustainability leadership? 

Individuals as leaders vary in their approaches to leading people, motivating, and executing plans, thus, giving room for various styles of sustainability leadership. For one, the inclusive leadership style considers teamwork, collaboration, commitment building, and democratic approaches and upholds the culture of support and achievement. Second, is the innovative style of leadership that throws in passion and charisma. The third is the creative style of leadership that allows a leader to design, orchestrate, innovate, change, and transform a system. In addition, altruism is a sustainability leadership style where a leader focuses on the common good, and the radical leadership style comprises taking risks, activism, and challenging the conventional practice.

Is there any difference between corporate responsibility and philanthropy? 

A key difference between corporate responsibility and philanthropy is the sustainability of the former. Corporate responsibility goes to the very foundation of the operations of a business or organization, and it is expressly laid out and contributes to the bottom line of a company. On the other hand, philanthropy is whimsical and depends on company directors’ approval.

The Rcademy Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility Training Course will make participants conscious of their organization’s influence in society, that is, in economic, social, and environmental aspects. The course highlights the essence of sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility and the opportunities they provide for innovations, continuous growth, and competitive advantage in business. Focus is also on skills necessary to sharpen participants’ social impact and leadership ability.

Who should attend?

The following individuals should partake in The Rcademy Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility Training Course:

• Communication and public relations managers are responsible for promoting the mission and objectives of an organization to relevant stakeholders
• Senior executives responsible for implementing sustainable practices in the organization’s plans
• Corporate social responsibility and sustainability experts are charged with the role of minimizing adverse organizational social and environmental impact through sustainable practices
• Mid and senior-level managers responsible for initiating and implementing sustainable acts in their organization
• Consultants are charged with providing clients with advisory services on the implementation of sustainable goals in their organizations, in line with industry practices
• Everyone interested in obtaining relevant credentials and specialization in sustainability and corporate responsibility practice

What are the course objectives?

This training course is designed to assist participants in achieving the following objectives:

• Learn the fundamentals of sustainability, and corporate responsibility necessary for an organization’s contribution and development of society
• Identify successful organizations and evaluate and implement their successful business models
• Understand the concept of trade-offs in business practice and the generation of profits through creative inventions
• Implement a framework that discovers key stakeholders, initiates strategy and disclosure principles
• Understand the shortcomings of switching to a sustainable business model, and learn how to overcome and manage them
• Discover the art of reflecting as a leader and how to implement change, despite social and environmental setbacks
• Recognize standard practices in sustainability
• Learn appropriate procedures for corporate social responsibility
• Identify corporate governance and ethics issues
• Understand the concept of stakeholder management and its essence
• Develop strategies to propagate sustainability and corporate social responsibilities in organizations

How will this course be presented?

This course is designed to improve participants’ knowledge of the subject matter and ensure their satisfaction; thus, it is participant-oriented. Several teaching approaches will be employed to ensure constant and extensive learning by participants engaging in this course. In this course, lessons are handled by professionals with good years of experience and practice. The modules are developed from in-depth, extensive, relevant research on the subject matter.

The Rcademy Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility Training Course implement theoretical and practical approaches by providing lecture notes, video presentations, case studies, and real-life scenarios. Participants will also engage in seminar workshops, quizzes, and presentations, and a feedback platform will be created to confirm their optimal satisfaction.

What are the topics covered in this course?

Module 1: Background to Sustainable Leadership and Corporate Responsibility

• Definition of Sustainability and its Role in Business
• Case studies on sustainability- the earth as a pointer
• Relevance of sustainable practices in business
• The Qualifications and Attitude of sustainable leaders
• The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  – Principles in corporate social responsibility
  – Corporate Citizenship and organizational reputation
  – Cultural differences
  – Case Studies on standard practices in corporate social responsibility

Module 2: Stakeholder Evaluation and Management

• Overview of stakeholder evaluation and Management
• Relevant documents for stakeholder management
  – Register
  – Matrix
  – Strategy
• Stakeholder communications and relations
• Approaches to stakeholder engagement
• Stakeholders and Their Roles in sustainable practices
• The sustainability processes
  – Identifying the journey
  – Beginning the journey
  – Corporate governance and ethics
  – Monitoring, management, and performance improvement tools
  – Foresights on sustainability

Module 3: Key Issues in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

• Impact of Business on the Environment
• The social impacts of business
• The practice of evaluations and assessments
• Sustainable business model
• Sustainable business strategies
• Financing and integrated reporting
• Purpose-driven leadership
• Incentive Mechanisms for Sustainability

Module 4: Best Practices in Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility

• Evaluation of international best practices
• Employer-supported volunteering (ESV) service
• Human resource and organizational behavior
• Individual action planning
• Initiation and implementation of sustainable practices in organizations

Module 5: Styles and Skills of Sustainability Leaders

• Inclusive style
• Visionary style
• Creative style
• Altruistic style
• Radical style
• Skills of sustainability leadership
  – Complexity management
  – Communication of vision
  – Exercise of judgment
  – Challenge and innovation
  – Long-term thinking

Module 6: Principles of Corporate Responsibility

• Accountability
• Transparency
• Stakeholder Engagement and Interest
• Adherence to the rule of law
• International standard of behavior
• Upholding human rights

Module 7: Sustainability Issues

• Brundtland report
• Redefinition of sustainability
• Distributable sustainability
• Relationship between sustainability and capital Cost
• Shortcomings of Brundtland report

Module 8: Complexities of Sustainability

• Complexities of daily life
• Morin’s view on sustainability
  – Sphere of development and progression
  – The prevailing paradigm of the free market
• Organizational culture
  – Mistake and errors culture
• Guideline for sustainable leadership
  – Development of a guideline
  – The purpose of sustainable development
  – Examination of perspectives
  – Dialogue initiation
  – Creativity and innovation
  – Patience

Module 9: Theoretical Framework for Sustainability Leadership

• Framework for moral learning procedures
• Aloni’s tradition
  – Cultural-classic tradition
  – Naturalistic-romantic tradition
  – Existential tradition
  – Critical-radical tradition
• Elements of moral learning procedures
  – Self-reflection
  – Dialogue

Module 10: Categories of Corporate Responsibility

• Environmental responsibility
• Ethical responsibility
• Philanthropic responsibility
• Economic responsibility
• Case studies on each category