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Program Duration: Short-Term
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Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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Total Credit Hours: 18
About This Certificate
Learn how to evaluate stakeholder corporate social responsibility initiatives, assess sustainable technologies, and discover financial trade-offs and opportunities related to social responsibility strategies. You will also examine the role of sustainable systems in protecting the natural environment. Courses in this program count toward the Business Leadership degree. This proficiency certificate will enhance your degree and give you a competitive advantage for opportunities in businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.
Transfer Opportunities
Public university in central Pennsylvania offering diverse programs.
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Course Sequence
Launch Your Career in Corporate Social Responsibility
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists – est. salary $82,129
- Human Resources Specialists – est. salary $73,529
- Compliance Managers – est. salary $92,044
Career Outlook
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Public Relations Specialist
Engage in promoting or creating an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media.
Starting Pay: $68,903
Typical Tasks
- Respond to requests for information from the media or designate an appropriate spokesperson or information source.
- Write press releases or other media communications to promote clients.
- Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
- Plan or direct development or communication of programs to maintain favorable public or stockholder perceptions of an organization's accomplishments, agenda, or environmental responsibility.
- Study the objectives, promotional policies, or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies that will influence public opinion or promote ideas, products, or services.
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