Master 2025/2026

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): business and state

Type: Elective course (Politics. Economics. Philosophy)

Delivered by: School of Politics and Governance

When: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Stanislav Myasnikov

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge of how Corporate Social Responsibility became an important instrument for modern companies. Now it affects social (including charity) and labor conditions both for workers and the citizens of the country. Business and the state have options to cooperate in CSR projects which build a framework for formal and informal linkages between companies, state, and society.The course discusses modern CSR strategies and analyses cases, as well as models of standardization and reporting on companies’ sustainability.