Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) is a novel initiative pioneered by SPJIMR more than 30 years ago, rooted in the belief that ‘Civil society is a learning mechanism’. As a mandatory component of the management curriculum, DoCC fosters in the participants a sensitivity to and a sensibility about various societal issues. DoCC offers participants immersive social internships across India and South Asia to engage with grassroots communities and organisations. This allows the participants to reflect on and apply their management learnings to unstructured environments.
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In addition, with its purpose to address sustainability and build inclusive communities, DoCC hosts several events and outreach activities throughout the year. It connects the development sector, corporate world and civil society to engage in meaningful conversations where each group understands the diverse world of the other and initiates beneficial collaborations. SPJIMR’s industry partners unanimously recognise DoCC as an essential component of its management pedagogy, which shapes socially sensitive leaders who can drive innovations that benefit both business and society.
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Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) is above all, a learning community of business schools committed to weaving six core principles into business and management education (https://www.unprme.org/what-we-do)
Brainchild of then UN General Secretary, Ban ki Moon, UN PRME, was developed in 2007 by an international task force of sixty deans, university presidents and official representatives of leading business schools and academic institutions. The development of a principle-based global engagement platform for academic institutions follows from a recommendation by academic stakeholders of the UN Global Compact.
The idea was officially introduced by the UN Global Compact at the Global Forum “Business as an Agent of World Benefit” at Case Western Reserve University in October 2006. Under the coordination of the UN Global Compact and leading academic institutions, the PRME task force developed a set of principles which lays the foundation for the global platform for responsible management.
SPJIMR Prof. Chandrika Parmar, Director, DoCC, currently chairs the PRME India Chapter.
SPJIMR Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) in partnership with M3M Foundation will be awarding grants to 15 partner organisations who are effecting social impact in geographies and communities where they are working. The grants will be made to select organisations that have partnered with DoCC in internship projects.
SPJIMR DoCC recently signed an agreement with EDHEC Business School, France. The agreement is aligned with EDHEC’s Global Impact and Mobility programme. Participants from EDHEC will undertake social internships with existing CSO partners of DoCC. The EDHEC visiting team included Sonia Gastaud, Head of Global Impact and Mobility Programmes; Richard Perrin, Associate Dean for International Relations; SIMARD Sophie, Head of International Development; and Nilesh Gaikwad, India Country Manager of EDHEC Business School.
DoCC collaborates with more than 300 social sector partners across 26 states in India and also works with international agencies across Bangladesh and Nepal. These partners share and support SPJIMR’s belief that ‘Civil society is a learning mechanism’, which enriches the collaboration making these partnerships enduring. These organisations host SPJIMR participants for one to five weeks and offer them the essential support to conclude their internships successfully.
The internship projects expose the participants to how these communities strive to mitigate various social and ecological challenges inherent to the rural economy. DoCC Internship themes include (but are not limited to) the following: Water | Financial inclusion | Health | Disability | Environment | Livelihood | Sanitation | Ageing | Disaster Management | Social Entrepreneurship | Energy | Alternatives | Agriculture | Women Empowerment | Education | Food | Self-Help-Groups
SPJIMR’s Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) has partnered with the Head Held High (HHH) Foundation to focus on youth through two initiatives. The DoCC-HHH Youth Studies Fellowship and the Youth Conclave.
