This part of the report attempts to understand CR teaching and research by investigating the nature of the learning options offered at institutions for CR in terms of dedicated programmes, compulsory or optional modules. It also looks at the levels of study, student enrolment, plans for mainstreaming CR curriculum, the perception of scope for CR curriculum expansion, resource support in institutions for CR learning and consultancy work undertaken by institutions in CR.

5.1 CR Programs and Teaching Modules

A key indicator of CR uptake in business education is the existence of dedicated programmes or course modules on CR in Management Institutions.

With the objective of assessing the current level of CR teaching in Management Institutions, the study looked into whether the Management Institutions surveyed offer CR courses at various levels of study.

It emerges that only 6.7 percent of the Management Institutions surveyed offer exclusive CR-related programmes.

Dedicated programmes

Exclusive programmes on CR offered by Management Institutions are at the Master’s level and PhD in Business Ethics.

a. Student enrolment in dedicated CR programmes

* Low base

To gain an insight into exclusive CR learning at institutions as also to assess how many takers there are for CR, student enrolment in CR was studied. Across the seven Management Institutions that were found to offer dedicated programmes on CR, the student strength (2.9 percent), by and large, in these programmes, was found to be 50 or less.

b. Compulsory modules on CR-related subjects

The aggregate of institutions surveyed were probed to see if any compulsory modules on CR were a part of the curriculum. This was done in a bid to gauge the penetration of CR in mainstream business curricula.

Of the sample surveyed, 57 percent have some compulsory modules on CR-related subjects within the programmes they offer.