Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics

United Kingdom / United States

Summary

Students studying 209SEM (CSR and Sustainability in Sport and Events) are submitting a joint piece of coursework with students from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s, Minnesota, USA.

Internationalised learning outcomes

To develop global understanding to appreciate how different cultures can view the same activities
To understand the difference in expectations of students in different cultures
To achieve a way of working that takes into account different cultures and time differences

OIL Activities

Students at Coventry were divided into 20 groups, and invited to choose an organisation from a pre-prepared list on which to write a case study for their coursework. One student from America was randomly assigned to each group.
Each group has to submit the same piece of coursework in USA as at Coventry. The coursework brief was designed with the idea that students at Coventry could not complete the work without the help of the American student, and vice versa.

The activities went as follows:

Pre-project: USA students choose one organisation each from the list
Week 1: Coventry students divide themselves into 20 groups, and choose an organisation from the list. Both USA and Coventry students who chose the same organisation were emailed to put them in touch with other.
Coursework brief is released
Week 2: Coventry student Skype American student
Weeks 3-6: Coventry and USA students collaborate on coursework report
Week 6: report is submitted both in USA and at Coventry