Social responsibility
Careers information, advice and guidance (CIAG)
Part of the BPN Boost provision
AIM & OBJECTIVES
Aim
To explore what social responsibility means in everyday practice and how values-led behaviour can support ethical leadership, whatever your role.
Objectives
• Understand what social responsibility means in your role and setting.
• Explore how values-lead behaviour can influence others e.g. pupils, colleagues and the wider community.
• Recognise everyday opportunities to lead through ethical and socially responsible actions.
Wikipedia defines social responsibility as…
“…an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organisations for the benefit of the community”.
Classroom poll…
In your setting, social responsibility is…
A. Encouraged and visible in everyday actions and decisions.
B. Something that’s written into policies but not always lived out.
C. Mostly talked about in relation to learners, not adults.
D. A shared value, but not always a shared responsibility.
E. Unclear - it’s not something we discuss very often/at all.
What words come to mind when you think of social responsibility…?
Social responsibility (K16, K23, S6, S9, S18, B1 and B2)
(Resource 1 has the KSBs in full)
Breakout rooms (resource 2)
• Introduce yourself to the group
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
W.E.B. Du Bois
• Discuss this using the prompts to guide you (resource 2).
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
W.E.B. Du Bois
• How does this quote relate to social responsibility in your setting?
• Can you think of an example when someone learned something from your actions rather than your words?
• How do we make sure our actions reflect the values we want to pass on?
• What might change in your setting if everyone saw themselves as role models for social responsibility?
One, values-led change to strengthen social responsibility…
Breakout rooms (resource 3)
• Introduce yourself to the group
• Discuss the video clip using the prompts to guide you (resource 3).
One, values-led change to strengthen social responsibility…
Breakout rooms (resource 3)
• What aspect of social responsibility could be more visible and/or supported where you work?
• What’s one simple action, initiative or conversation that could help?
• How could this link to the wider culture, policies or learner experience?
• What would you need (or who would you need to involve) to make this happen?
AIM & OBJECTIVES
Aim
To explore what social responsibility means in everyday practice and how values-led behaviour can support ethical leadership, whatever your role.
Objectives
• Understand what social responsibility means in your role and setting.
• Explore how values-lead behaviour can influence others e.g. pupils, colleagues and the wider community.
• Recognise everyday opportunities to lead through ethical and socially responsible actions.