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Select the link to access this article, which provides a list of the 14 Best Socially Responsible Companies :
· Produce a research paper on a company of your choice.
· You can select a company from the article or select any company of your choice.
· Discuss the company’s approach to CSR, their action, and results, etc.
Assignment descriiption, specifications, and requirements for final essay:
Your final essay will be an argumentative essay with a research component. The suggested topic and refine the topic to a specific ISSUE by finding a news article. This issue should relate to business and business ethics, broadly construed.
Here I offer here a general descriiption of the essay’s components:
● The essay is a position paper; you are not only exploring an issue, you should take a position on the topic. This may take the form of an interpretation (making a claim about the best way to understand the issue, in contrast to other interpretations you’ve read about) OR an argument as to what the best response to the issue is.
● The essay has a research component. You are required to read at least 2 outside sources on your chosen topic, 1 of which must be a news article introducing your issue. You are more than welcome to find more than 2 sources.
● The essay will be written at the end of the term, with everything you’ve learned in the course behind you as supporting material. You must explicitly integrate at least 2 of our readings from throughout the quarter into your paper. This may take the form of a quote and/or explaining a relevant concept or theory. Whether the course readings play a larger or smaller role in your paper will depend on the topic you select and the angle you take on it.
Topic:
● Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR is no longer an ancillary practice for corporations that compete in the global marketplace. Consumers across the world are demanding that, beyond the brand, companies demonstrate CSR company-wide and engage in ethical and sustainable practices in all or many facets of their operations.
In a well-written paper, answer the following questions:
What is the significance of the product lifecycle in lifecycle pricing for companies that promote CSR?
What are the implications for a firm’s reputation when there is a dichotomy between the final consumer product and the inputs to its production?
Describe two examples of companies that, in the past, have not always paid attention to the product life cycle of their brands. What should they have done differently to be socially responsible?
Describe five steps to take as a leader in a global company to ensure that it is engaging in ethical and sustainable practices.
What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Explain how at least four of DuBrin’s initiatives for achieving a socially responsible and ethical organization relate to the categories of corporate social responsibility (CSR) summarized in the article, “What is Corporate Social Responsibility”. See the page entitled Ethics and Responsibility in your week 5 readings in that module. Be specific and detailed and align DuBrin with the reading about corporate social responsibility.
For this section, explain any governance policies that you will use to be socially responsible and ethical. Identify any aspects of your business model that will create more sustainable operations (with a focus on bettering people, the planet, or profits).
ead the articles in your background readings and respond to the following:
Describe corporate social responsibility.
Describe corporate social irresponsibility.
Where do you stand on the issue of CSR vs. CSI? Do corporations have a right to ignore their responsibility to some stakeholders in order to add to the short term bottom line? Provide a well-reasoned response and do some of your own research to provide some examples to support your arguments.
WHAT STRATEGIES CAN BE USED BY THE BUSINESS LEADERS TO ACHIEVE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENHANCE THE PROFITABILITY?
What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Managers must consider how the products or services they provide affect both people and the environment. It is a given that companies must provide products and services that are innovative and appealing to the consumer, and efficient to produce or provide (as a service). However, today’s technologies allow consumers, communities, public interest groups and regulators to be well informed about all aspects of a firm’s performance. As a direct result, all stakeholders can have a strong view about firms that fail to respect the environment or that engage in unethical conduct.
Many companies now realize that “doing what’s right” and doing it properly can be beneficial to all its stakeholders and maintain or increase their margin rates (i.e., profitability). Companies that practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) introduce polices that consider environmental, societal and financial impacts in their decision making. As managers consider approaches to CSR, they find it helpful to consider the concept of creating shared value. Shared value suggests finding policies and practices that enhance the firm’s competitiveness while simultaneously advancing the social and/or economic conditions in the communities in which they operate. For example, Tesla, Toyota, Nissan and now Ford and GM find shared value in low-emission vehicles…. vehicles that increase their competitiveness world-wide, while meeting society’s interest in low emission vehicles.
Operations functions – from supply chain management to product design, to production, quality assurance, packaging and logistics, provide an opportunity for finding shared value while meeting CSR goals.
Research Assignment- Select a public or privately-owned company that has demonstrated either a positive CSR approach or a negative approach to social responsibility.
Select an article based on global issues relating to corporate social responsibility. Resources contained in the Bellevue University Online Library Database System are highly recommended.
Give a thorough summary and review of the article. Then discuss how you will apply what you have learned from the article in a professional setting. How does the article relate to real-world applications or your business? Include how you might share information in the article with your colleagues or supervisor? In addition, please indicate how this information would change the way you approach a situation, project, or discussion related to this topic at work? What did you find interesting or insightful?
Your answer should be at least 500 words in length (double-spaced). Use APA guidelines, including a cover page, citations, and references
Write a critical analysis (aka Annotative Bibliography) on anything related to Chapter #5 – Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability along with an analysis of the major thesis and a statement about the article that is related to it.