HM 390Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitality

3 credits · Hospitality Management · Penn State

This course introduces students to issues of corporate social responsibility. The course is taught from both general business and hospitality perspectives. Specifically, this course addresses the general historical development of CSR along with hospitality cases, fundamental concepts of CSR, different arguments for CSR, major frameworks of CSR, sustainability (environmental) issues, and hospitality cases and applications. The course will provide an opportunity to students for analyze the CSR programs of major hospitality companies by applying the concepts and practices of CSR discussed in the course.