KMHC401

CSR and Sustainability in Health care

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Health Care & Hospital Management · Sem 4 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Corporate Social Responsibility: Concept, The nature of corporate responsibility and corporate citizenship, Relevance in the present-day in the business environment of healthcare. Corporate Ethics: Universalism, Utilitarianism, Distributive Justice, Social Contracts, Individual Freedom of Choice, Professional Code.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholders in Healthcare: Internal and external stakeholders, Responsibility to various stakeholder groups, Interest and influence of various stakeholder groups, Issues and opportunities for business in a socially and environmentally sensitive world, Social and environmental problems and how they shape markets.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Sustainable Development: concept, definition of sustainable development, need, importance, education. Sustainable Development and social framework, Equitable distribution, Difference between sustainable development and green development. Stakeholder Impact: Stakeholders and the power they wield, Reducing socio-environmental costs and risks. Case Studies.

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

The business case for sustainable development in hospital management, Environmental dimension of sustainable development: atmosphere, fresh-water & oceans, land use, management of human consumption, energy, food, waste management. Understanding ecological "footprint": Eco-tracking, carbon marketing, carbon credits. Environmental impact assessments.Case studies.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

Economics of Sustainability: environment degradation and economic growth, nature as an economic externality, economic opportunity. Social justice for healthcare services, Human relationship to nature & human settlements and its impacts of healthcare services. Business Models for Sustainable Development: Indian & Global perspectives. Sustainability Reporting: The content of sustainability reports, CSR reports, ESG reports, social and environmental reports. Case Studies

Course Objectives3 points
  • To help the students understand the importance of CSR & Sustainability.
  • To develop professional ethics among students.
  • To develop a knowledge base for using suitable measures for sustainability.

Suggested Readings

  1. Corporate Governance by Christine A Mallin, Oxford University Press.
  2. Corporate Governance in India: An Evaluation by S C Das, PHI - Eastern Economy Edition.
  3. Corporate Governance Codes, Systems and Practices by S C Das, PHI - Eastern Economy Edition.
  4. Triple Bottom Line Reporting and Corporate Sustainability by S Singh, PHI - Eastern Economy Edition.
  5. Ethics, Business & Society Edited by Ananda Das Gupta, Response Books
  6. Business Ethics by Crane and Matten, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition.
  7. Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective, by Ronald Francis and Mukti Mishra, TMGH.
  8. Corporate Governance Values and Ethics by Dr. NeeruVasishth& Dr. Namita Rajput, Taxman

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 21 of the original AKTU PDF.

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