Program Overview

Program Overview

The Business & Human Rights: Principles & Practice micro-credential is designed for middle and senior managers, as well as board members of corporations and SMEs operating in Ireland. The program aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate and accelerate their organization's ESG performance and enhance their professional competencies in the evolving Business & Human Rights standards and protocols.

Target Audience

• Middle and senior managers
• Board members of corporations and SMEs
• Sustainability and CSR managers
• Community Affairs Directors
• Corporate Affairs Directors
• Managers across diverse functions, including finance, accounting, legal and compliance, procurement, human resources, and external affairs

Program Details

Awards

• 5 ECTS
• Level 9

Duration

• 6 weeks

Number of Places

• 25 Places

Next Intake

• February

Course Coordinator

• Jane Flanagan

Course Director

• Mary Lee Rhodes

Closing Date

• 31st January

Admission Requirements

• The course targets professionals from mid and senior levels from the private, public, and third sectors.
• Graduates with a degree (or equivalent) with a strong academic record in any discipline from a recognized third-level institution are eligible to apply.
• Applicants without a degree are welcome to apply, provided they can show a proven managerial track record.
• All applicants are required to have a minimum of 3 years of professional or managerial work experience.
• Language requirements for students whose first language is not English are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL IBT 90 for non-native English speakers.
• In case of heavy competition for places or concern regarding a particular applicant's suitability, applicants may be interviewed.
• An up-to-date CV is required.

Course Fees

• Click here for a full list of postgraduate fees.

Program Structure

• The micro-credential will be delivered fully online in 2.5-hour sessions, delivered once a week in the evenings.
• Additional reading material, self-directed work, and review will be available online.

Assessment

• Individual self-/other-awareness assessment (10%)
• Organisational Assessment / Action Plan - written report (50%)
• Presentation of cohort plans (20%)
• Learning Journal / Reflection (20%)

What You Will Learn

• The globally accepted guiding principles of human rights as they relate to business decision-making.
• How to assess the level of a firm's compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights and relevant EU/Irish regulation.
• How to design and communicate a plan for improving a firm's compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights.
• Increase your capacity to undertake independent research on organisational sustainability with respect to human rights and ESG more generally.

What You Will Do

• Participants will learn about the key frameworks and actions required to integrate UN Guiding Principles, strategies, governance, and operations for human rights into their own organizations through in-person seminars, independent reading and research, online content and exercises, and project assignments.