Corporate Social Responsibility and Volunteering
Course Overview
Discover the transformative power of CSR, corporate social responsibility course in the UAE through our comprehensive CSR training program. Participants delve into the concept, history, and impact of CSR, learning to navigate its complexities. Our course equips learners with practical strategies to assess opportunities, devise innovative solutions, and implement effective CSR frameworks. Through engaging discussions and exploration of exemplary CSR programs, participants gain insights to excel in the realm of CSR, fostering positive change in organizations and communities.
Goal of Course:
This interactive corporate social responsibility course may be used in full to provide a comprehensive review of Volunteerism and Social responsibility and its impact on organization and Community. The Session is designed to be highly interactive and participatory, using a combination of techniques, including case studies, role-plays, small group exercises, large group discussions, and individual reflection.
The corporate social responsibility course session modules increasingly focus on empowering trainees on embracing volunteering and social responsibility.
Values:
To align the training objectives of the corporate social responsibility course program with the National Strategy for the Year of Giving, we will refer to RTA values to be the first and prime reference during activities and discussions:
Corporate Reputation:
The first day of the corporate social responsibility training will start by an overview of corporate social responsibility, its definition, history, impacts and categories, then participants will discuss how implementing a CSR strategy will have an impact on the community, and while boosting the reputation of RTA.
Distinction and Success:
We will continue with group activities Exploring and Practicing a broad range of CSR practices, strategies and skills, covering characteristics of effective volunteers. It also introduces a model for understanding Micro-volunteering opportunities and advocacy opportunities in the city.
By the end of this section, groups will engage in a creativity workshop to come up with unique CSR activities to present in front of all the attendees.
Leadership and Team Work:
After presenting the CSR activities and ideas, attendees will form committees and take ownership to lead and implement these projects as volunteers, and put an action plan to execute it while showing their leadership and team work in the process.
Strategic Partnerships:
CSR Development in Dubai City (Customized), aims to inform trainees about the relationship between CSR and the law, highlighting the role of Dubai Government strategies and Initiatives, discussing CSR implementation by corporations in Dubai and main Drivers of CSR development such as social networking applications.
The design then turns to exploring strategic partnerships with international volunteering channels (Outside Dubai) and local (Inside Dubai).
Quality and Customer Service:
Value Creation is directly related to an improved customer service. CSR projects will be designed and implemented based on a CSR framework that questions the needs, objectives, benefits, challenges and opportunities. RTA customers will be looking at the company as a positive force in their lives.
Duration:
2 days
Language:
English / Arabic
Training Objectives
- Understand the concept of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- Understand the history of Development of CSR
- Understand the importance of social responsibility and its impact on business and society
- Understand how to strengthen businesses while contributing to society at the same time
- Discussing major challenge of CSR approach development and how to overcome it
- Learn a practical way to assess the true opportunities of CSR
- Be able to develop creative solutions to critical social and businesses challenges.
- Be able to ask effective CSR framework questions on needs, objectives, benefits, challenges and opportunities
- Be able to map the CSR space
- Describe the practices of the best CSR programs
- Understand & Implement CSR
Module Outlines
Module 1: An overview of corporate social responsibility
- What is CSR, who does it and why it is important?
- History of Development of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Potential benefits of implementing a CSR approach
- Social Responsibility categories
- Evolving and expanding nature of volunteer engagement and social Responsibility
- Trends in CSR
- Socially responsible behavior
- What does Social Responsibility mean for companies and employees?
- Incentives, drivers and obstacles to CSR development
- The integral parts of volunteering and social Responsibility
- Case Analysis
Module 2: Exploring and Practicing a broad range of CSR practices, strategies and skills
- How to express your Individual Social Responsibility ISR?
- Sharing, collaborative and circular economy
- Micro-volunteering opportunities and advocacy opportunities
- Characteristics of effective volunteers
- Social awareness and self-management skills
- Social Responsibility strategies
- Volunteer management strategies
- CSR’s Best Practices
Module 3: CSR Development in Dubai City
- What is the relationship between CSR and the law?
- Dubai Government strategies and Initiatives
- CSR implementation by corporations in Dubai
- Drivers of CSR development
- Case Analysis
- Group Discussions
Module 4: Mapping CSR and Value creation
- Mapping the CSR space
- CSR strategies that focus on creating value for the business and society
- Frameworks and methods for addressing the managerial, organizational, and societal challenges in CSR practices
- Implementing CSR with consistency and determination
- CSR Activities considerations
- Closing & Action Plan
Customized Learning
Leap To Success is offering a variety of learning options to meet current realities and can be adapted to suit your business needs. These options include variants of online, blended and on-site course formats.
Face To Face Learning
Enabling you to have a face to face interactive and engaging learning experiences led by renowned industry experts and thought leaders with extensive practical experience who will employ a variety of interactive learning techniques, including short high-impact videos, case studies, assessments, role plays ,in addition to on-going support.
Virtual Learning Labs
Interactive online learning held in real-time using Zoom and are led by international subject matter experts who incorporate case studies, breakout rooms, guided practice, simulations and discussions to maximise your learning experience.
General Methodology
Similar to any L2S training program, this program offers an interactive learning experience in which will allow the delegates to reflect on their learning through an informative, indulging, and fun classroom experience. The design of the training session focuses on the following attributes.
Concrete Experience: The delegates will learn by doing
Reflective Observation: Reflecting on the newly experienced skill-set
Abstract Conceptualization: Developing deeper understanding to the learned concepts
Active Experimentation: Providing the delegates with realistic tools that can be tested in the real life
Customization: The workshop can be further customized and adapted to meet company’s objectives. The language should be adapted as per audience needs
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