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Topic outline

 

  • Time: 10 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • The issue of ‘citizenship, work and the economy’ is often neglected in everyday discussions of citizenship. But a moment's reflection should demonstrate how important it is. The vast majority of us will...
 

1. Global corporate citizenship?

  • 1. Global corporate citizenship? Resource
  • Rarely have businesses found such a complex and challenging set of economic pressures, political uncertainties and societal expectations. Regardless of their industry sector, country of origin, or corporate...
 

2. Citizenship in the English National Curriculum

 

3. ‘Acts’ and ‘status’ citizenship

  • 3. ‘Acts’ and ‘status’ citizenship Resource
  • We aim at no less than a change in the political culture of this country both nationally and locally: for people to think of themselves as active citizens, willing, able and equipped to have an influence...
 

4. Status citizenship

  • 4. Status citizenship Resource
  • All these organisational initiatives are deeply concerned with labour conditions and the notion of the ‘working citizen’. And their activities raise the issue of status citizenship and the role of legal...
 

5. Child labour: a case study

  • 5. Child labour: a case study Resource
  • An interesting, controversial but important topic in the debate about corporate social responsibility and Global Corporate Citizenship is the issue of child labour.
 

6. Worker rights

 

References and Acknowledgements

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