A new online course "States and Corporations: Sustainable development, CSR and Ethics", an initiative of TOTAL Professeurs Associés (TPA), backed up by the energy company TotalEnergies EP Bulgaria, will take place from 15 to 19 November 2021 in the FEBA MS Teams platform. The course is part of the initiatives related to the Master’s Program “Energy Markets and Services” and this year will also accommodate students from the new Master’s Program “Responsible and Sustainable Governance”.

The course is for students and public officials and will be in English. It can accommodate up to 70 students based on their order of registration.

Please fill in the application form before 12 Nov. 2021 – https://forms.office.com/r/6pS8S7PeKP

For additional info:

• Assoc. Prof. Atanas Georgiev, PhD – ageorgiev@feb.uni-sofia.bg
• Emanuil Kozhuharov, PhD – emanuil.kozhuharov@external.total.com

Professors for the course:

• Jean-Pierre CORDIER, Vice-President, Total Professeurs Associes
• Philippe PERSILLON

Contents of the course:

• What criteria can define the “good” or “bad” behaviour of a global company?
• What is the nature of its responsibility towards the civil society?

The answers to these questions define the outline of a “corporate social responsibility”, based on core values, intelligible in every culture. These core values are the foundation of an ethical behaviour. The sphere of exercise of this “social responsibility” has to be clearly defined in partnership with the actors of the civil society.

Agenda:

15.11.2021 (Monday) – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET

• Relationships Governments – corporations;
• Modern company features – Globalization – Corporation environment today;
• Company and civil society – stakeholders definition;
• Possibility of Workshop: “Reflection about the corporate political action”.

16.11.2021 (Tuesday) – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET

• The world of energy in the 21-st century;
• Climate change and energy transition;
• Evaluation of climate related risks.

17.11.2021 (Wednesday) – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET

• Upstream activity in the oil industry;
• Geopolitical problems connected to upstream activities;
• Petroleum rights awards;
• Contracts in international oil industry.

18.11.2021 (Thursday) – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET

• Sustainable development and CSR;
• CSR: Challenges, implementation and lessons;
• CSR policy: practical implementation;
• Security and Corporate Social Responsibility;
• Workshop: “Applying social strategies”.

19.11.2021 (Friday) – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET

• Ethics in the corporation;
• Code of conduct;
• Ethics evaluation;
• Workshop: “Fuel oil case” and/or “Compressor case“;
• Quiz + course evaluation for the students.