At CSR HELLAS, between 2015 and 2017, we cooperated with the E-Learning department of the Centre of Continuous Education of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, attempting to develop together and offer an Educational Program of Distance Learning on the topic of corporate social responsibility and the incorporation of responsibility in the everyday practice of business activities.
The program lasted 3 months. The classes were available on an online educational platform while at the same time there was daily educational support in accordance with the Principles of Adult Learning.
PROGRAM AIMS
For us at CSR HELLAS, the goal of the program was the provision of knowledge and information to every Greek business, regardless of size or sector, so as to enable them to understand the meaning of responsible entrepreneurship and its implementation in practice
The program gave participating entrepreneurs or executives the opportunity to:
Comprehend
How the efficiency and innovation of a company can be combined with its compliance with the European and international framework of responsible entrepreneurship
Determine
Their business’ stakeholders, and understand how a dialogue and collaboration can be developed with those who are the most important for the business
Inform themselves
About the tools that a business can use today in order to support its responsible and sustainable strategy as well as about the ways they can organize their internal organization in this framework
Recognize
The benefits of involving employees as well as partners, customers, suppliers and others, in the entire process, through practical examples and a detailed explanation of roles
Discover
The value of the business’ contribution towards society and local communities.
This program offered participating entrepreneurs or executives the necessary knowledge and methodological tools that allowed them to
• LEAD
The effort of incorporating responsibility into business activity
• ENSURE
That their business is harmonized with modern demands for transparency and responsible management
• DEVELOP
A comprehensive approach of incorporating responsibility into their strategy for reinforcing sustainable development
• CLARIFY
The meaning, key terminology and relevant principles
• FOLLOW
The historical progression and development of the topic on a national, European and international level
• COMPREHEND
The connection and effect that compliance and innovation have on responsibility and vice versa
• LEARN
How to determine the business’ stakeholders
• DETERMINE
Ways of developing policies and systems that aim at collaborations between businesses and stakeholders
• INFORM THEMSELVES
About available tools that support the incorporation of the values of responsible entrepreneurship into the strategy and operations of a business
• RECOGNIZE
The role and importance of employee participation in the development of responsible entrepreneurship
• FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES
With the promotion of new types of corporate partnerships with suppliers and customers, contributing to the reinforcement of sustainability and innovation
• DETECT
The ways by which responsible entrepreneurship shapes the sustainable development context on a local level and at the same time contributes to social cohesion
The 10 educational sections of the program “Business Responsibility in Practice” were:
1. Introduction: What is Responsible Entrepreneurship
2. Responsibility and Entrepreneurship
3. Stakeholders – Corporate Governance and Organization of Responsible Entrepreneurship
4. Corruption and the Fight against it: Compliance Policy Program
5. Transparency – Insurance – Accountability
6. Tools for the development of Responsible Entrepreneurship
7. Collaboration and Participation of Employees
8. Collaborations with Suppliers and Customers
9. Contribution to Local Development and Social Cohesion
10. Networks and Initiatives – Collaborations with other businesses and Common Actions
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