--- title: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility description: Explore CSR in business. Learn best practices, laws, and HR's role in supporting sustainability. Uphold ethical standards. image: https://aspire.loyola.edu/hubfs/ASPIRE%20Assets/Icons/Human%20Resources.png --- [Home](https://aspire.loyola.edu/?hsLang=en) [Categories](https://aspire.loyola.edu/products?hsLang=en) Business [HRCI's HR Ethics Series: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility](https://aspire.loyola.edu/products/2247041866#) ![product_image](https://aspire.loyola.edu/hubfs/ASPIRE%20Assets/Icons/Human%20Resources.png) # HRCI's HR Ethics Series: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility #### $45 Start Today! 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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) recognizes the company's duty to its community, customers, and the environment as well as to shareholder value. This training course defines corporations and discusses CSR best practices and important laws, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, that constrain some unethical business practices. The course focuses on how the HR department can best support CSR and sustainability. This *HRCI's HR Ethics Series: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility* course is offered in collaboration with the trusted learning partner MindEdge. #### Learning Outcomes After completing this course, the learner should be able to: - Define a corporation - Identify corporate responsibility for ethical conduct - Demonstrate an understanding of the ways ethical values benefit an organization - Define corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Describe CSR best practices - Identify HR's emerging role in corporate sustainability - Explain the role of corporate governance in directing and controlling businesses - Identify the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), including SOX Section 406 - Describe the practices that the U.S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits, and explain how this acts applies to typical business situations - Explain the key factors involved in whistleblowing - Apply ethical principles to workplace scenarios #### Additional Information ** This course includes an “Ask the Expert” feature. 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