Xavier Carbonell
Position
Coordinator | Director of the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility
Qualifications
Economist
Auditor and chartered accountant
Biography
Xavier Carbonell worked as an auditor and financial consultant between 1988 and 1998. In 1998 he joined MANGO, where he worked as the MANGO Group’s director of CSR until 2014. In October 2014 he joined ESCI-UPF as academic director and director of the MANGO Chair in CSR. He specialises in matters of corporate social responsibility and auditing, and teaches both subjects at ESCI-UPF, together with other master’s courses and seminars.
Subjects they teach
Auditing
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Elective
Programme:
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Techniques for assessing a company’s financial and economic statements. Economic and financial diagnosis. Creative accounting.
Analyse economic and financial information. Diagnose a company’s economic and financial situation.
Code:
40310
Créditos:
4 ECTS
Language:
Catalan / Spanish
Type of subject: Elective
SDGs in practice
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
Required
Programme:
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
SDGs in practice is a third-term elective course in the in the MSc in Sustainability Management. It builds on the compulsory courses of the Fundamentals of Sustainability module (Sustainability concepts and the SDGs and Sustainability Management Systems) and provides a specialized vision of the practical implementation of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by societal actors (states, businesses, non-profit sector and civil society).
In this course students will learn about practical experiences of advancing the SDGs in different themes (food, water and health) and diverse territorial scopes (cities, regions, countries), and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the SDGs.
Social Responsibility of Organisations
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Required
Programme:
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Human and social responsibility. Group dynamics and ethics. Cultural conflicts. Stakeholders. NGOs and cooperation. Business environmental management. Corporate social responsibility.
Reflect on situations containing conflicts of interests created by business activity. Balance a company’s goals with the pursuit of protecting general wellbeing. Learn how to establish dialogue with different social agents.
Code:
44311
Créditos:
4 ECTS
Language:
Catalan / Spanish
Type of subject: Required