“Being socially responsible is not a choice” such a summary we brought out together with students and colleagues after practical class on Corporate Social Responsibility with guest speakers from Mauritius on Friday 23d, 2020.

Guest speakers for the webinar were: Mr. SUBHEER RAMNORUTH, Director Academic & International Affairs Whitefield Business School (Mauritius), Strategic Management Consultant & Mrs. LUVNA ARNASSALON-SEERUNGEN, Head of Corporate Sustainability and CSR, AFRASIA Bank, with more than 10 years’ experience in Sustainability and CSR in Private Sector Organizations and Banking.

The open practical webinar was arranged by the lecturer of the Management Department Tetyana Mayboroda in the frame of the discipline “Corporate Social Responsibility” for 3d year students speciality “Management” together with the lecturer of the International Economic Relations Department Nadiya Kostyuchenko in the frame of the discipline “Global Economic Management” for 4-year students speciality “International Economic Relations”. Ph.D. students of the department, students and faculty members from other institutions joined the webinar.

Topics, presented and discussed during the class:

• Importance of CSR in business for the sustainable development of the country – international experience // Mauritius case // Examples of CSR from Whitefield Business School;
• State regulation of CSR // Mauritius case;
• Practical cases of CSR in business in Mauritius // AFRASIA Bank and others.