Corporate Responsibility and Business Law

TheCorporate Responsibility and Business Law program at the University of Essexgives you the tools to identify, analyse and evaluate the main legal rules, principles, models and dimensions of Corporate Responsibility and issues relating to ethical business, corporate and business law, corporate governance, sustainability and human rights.

What responsibilities do businesses owe to society? How do national law and international law interact and what is their role in Corporate Responsibility? How do companies ensure they operate ethically? How well do organisations understand and address the urgency of sustainable development? Corporate Responsibility is a key global concern and these are all questions of necessity for businesses all over the world.

Within the Corporate Responsibility and Business Law program at the University of Essex , you'll be taught by international experts in the field, teaching specialised modules which will develop your skills in research, litigation and negotiating.

Your future

Essex Law School graduates have gone on to a wide variety of careers in international and intergovernmental organisations or employment with governments across the world, in commerce and banking, in non-governmental organisations and, as might be expected, in the legal profession and the judiciary.

During the year, we hold a careers session for our students in which we reflect upon our own careers and how they have been built as well as those from former students. We are always available to discuss career options and if you are interested in a particular area of the law, we can link you up with the relevant alumni to offer advice.

Courses include:

• Corporate Responsibility and Business Law

• Business and Human Rights

• Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility

• Religion, Gender Equality and Postcoloniality

• Human Rights, International Relations and Diplomacy