CSR Education in Italy: The Case of the University of Perugia

Cecilia Chirieleison () and Luca Scrucca
Additional contact information
Cecilia Chirieleison: University of Perugia

A chapter in Social Responsibility Education Across Europe, 2016, pp 139-159 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In recent years there has been a trend towards a widespread growth in the prominence of CSR education, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This chapter aims to draw a picture of the state of the art in Italy, and at the Department of Economics of the University of Perugia in particular. The first part presents an analysis of the Italian context. Three main aspects are considered: the evolution of the academic literature on the issue, the regulatory approach of the Italian state towards CSR, and attitudes towards CSR among the business community. This framework is followed by a description of the status of CSR education in the Italian university system. The second part of the chapter focuses on CSR education at the University of Perugia, analysing the social responsibility courses in the context of the educational offer at the Department of Economics. The third section presents an in-depth analysis of CSR education at the Department of Economics, with a questionnaire submitted to students employed as the main tool. The results also allow for an evaluation of the students’ behaviour as socially responsible citizens, consumers and employees, with the aim of measuring the impact CSR education has on their attitudes. The chapter ends with a presentation of the conclusions that have been drawn.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Business Ethic; Social Responsibility; Corporate Governance; Business Community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-319-26716-6_7

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319267166

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26716-6_7

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().