IDR806-001 The Social Responsibility of Sport Organisations (Autumn 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2.5
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
- Campus:
- Molde
- Course Leaders:
-
- Ignacio Palacios-Huerta
- Solveig Straume
- Teaching language:
- English
- Study level:
- {code=HN, name=Second degree level}
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Contents
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the way sport organizations tackle ethical, social and environmental issues.
The seminar is one week long (Monday to Friday), and is followed by a written exam.
Detailed seminar topics and outline will be available in due course before the seminar.
The course is connected to the following study programs
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| IDR806 – Contemporary Issues in Sport Management. | 2.5 |
The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam
Knowledge:
Completing this course the student should be able to:
- Understand the principles of ethics and integrity
- Identify ethical, social, and environmental challenges in the world of business and sport
- Understand the sustainability dimension of ethical decision-making
- Understand the background of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the local, European and global contexts in which CSR is currently developing
Skills:
Completing this course the student should be able to:
- Apply ethical frameworks to problems in international sports business
- Apply CSR theories and frameworks to analyse organisational challenges to evaluate different scenarios in practice, with a view to propose recommendations for the organisation.
General competencies:
Completing this course the student should be able to:
- Evaluate and discuss how insights from the course can be used to develop modern sport institutions.
Forms of teaching and learning
One-week seminar worth 2,5 ECTS given by internal and/or external experts.
Each day includes both lectures, group- and self-study components
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Mandatory coursework: Attendance for teaching
- Courseworks given:
- Courseworks required:
- Presence: Required
- Comment: Attendance to all seminars is compulsory
- Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
- Courseworks given: 3
- Courseworks required: 3
- Presence: Required
- Comment: In each seminar there will be group and/or individual course work (not graded). Participation/contribution to the in-class course work is mandatory as it constitute a prerequisite for taking the exam.
Exam
- Form of assessment: Home assessment
- Proportion: 100%
- Duration: --
- Grouping: Individual
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: All printed and written supporting material