This document outlines an assignment for an IB management course. Students must [1] choose a multinational enterprise (MNE) and identify a sustainability issue it faces; [2] analyze how the MNE is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches to address this issue; and [3] evaluate the outcomes and impacts of these CSR actions. The assignment must be 1,000 words or less, cite relevant course concepts and theories, and follow APA style referencing. It will be worth 25% of the course grade and is due by March 6th.
This document outlines an assignment for an IB management course. Students must [1] choose a multinational enterprise (MNE) and identify a sustainability issue it faces; [2] analyze how the MNE is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches to address this issue; and [3] evaluate the outcomes and impacts of these CSR actions. The assignment must be 1,000 words or less, cite relevant course concepts and theories, and follow APA style referencing. It will be worth 25% of the course grade and is due by March 6th.
This document outlines an assignment for an IB management course. Students must [1] choose a multinational enterprise (MNE) and identify a sustainability issue it faces; [2] analyze how the MNE is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches to address this issue; and [3] evaluate the outcomes and impacts of these CSR actions. The assignment must be 1,000 words or less, cite relevant course concepts and theories, and follow APA style referencing. It will be worth 25% of the course grade and is due by March 6th.
This document outlines an assignment for an IB management course. Students must [1] choose a multinational enterprise (MNE) and identify a sustainability issue it faces; [2] analyze how the MNE is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches to address this issue; and [3] evaluate the outcomes and impacts of these CSR actions. The assignment must be 1,000 words or less, cite relevant course concepts and theories, and follow APA style referencing. It will be worth 25% of the course grade and is due by March 6th.
This assignment is marked out of 100 and is worth 25% of the total course score. The pass mark for this assessment is 40. It is an individual assignment. This assignment mainly assesses Learning Outcome 2.
Assignment Guidelines and Requirements
A. The individual assignment aims to test your understanding of corporate social responsibility (CSR) theories. The individual assignment also aims to test your capability to identify a sustainability issue in a multinational enterprise (MNE) and how the private-sector organization can use the CSR approach to solve the issue.
B. Written Report Overview
In this assignment, you will choose an MNE and identify an extant sustainability issue in the MNE. You can also discuss how the sustainability issue relates to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). You will then identify how the MNE takes the CSR approach to tackle the above-mentioned sustainability issue. You will critically analyze the outcome and impacts of the CSR approach taken by the MNE. Your script must draw explicitly on relevant models, concepts, and theories from the course. In particular, you are expected to demonstrate that you have applied these models, concepts, or theories to support your augments and conclusions. Your script should clearly show your understanding of the topic. Thorough and clear reasoning is expected in your script.
C. Written Report Guidelines
You are expected to cover the sections stated below. To complete the written essay effectively, you should study the materials of Topic 2: Corporate social responsibility and business ethics.
1. Introduction: Provide a brief introduction to the MNE. Indicate the aim of the script. 2. Define the sustainability issue. The sustainability issue can be in the home country or a host country of the MNE. Please focus on ONE sustainability issue in ONE country (either the home or a host country). Describe the national context of the home or host country and, if relevant, how the sustainability issue is related to or influenced by the national context. You can indicate how solving or alleviating the sustainability issue can address which UN SDG(s). 3. Identify and evaluate which concrete CSR actions the MNE as taken to tackle the above- mentioned sustainability issue. Provide evidence from corporate website or corporate publications (for example, annual reports, annual sustainability reports, and corporate social responsibility reports) of the MNE. 1 4. Evaluate the outcome and impacts of the CSR actions. Have the extant CSR actions fully resolved or partially alleviated the sustainability issue? Provide evidence from corporate website or corporate publications of the MNE and/or from the media reports. 5. Conclusion: Summarize your analysis, including potential strengths and weaknesses that you have identified in the CSR approach of the MNE. If you believe that the extant CSR actions are severely inefficient to tackle the sustainability issue, how would you recommend the MNE to implement its CSR program?
D. Written Report Requirements
The essay should be typed with a word processor using Times New Roman in 12-point font size and properly paginated. Students should include the Assignment Cover Sheet filled with the word count and a content page in the report. The length of the report should not exceed 1,000 words (excluding the content page and appendices). Tables, charts, pictures, images, and figures, if any, should be put in the appendix section. Tutors have the discretion to adjust the marks (up or down) of individual students based on their in-class performance and contribution. Referencing should follow APA standards.
E. Submission Procedure 1. Submission of soft copy Students should upload a soft copy of the assignment to the OLE of the course by 5:00 pm on the submission due date. Files uploaded to the OLE should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Please refer to the quick start guide for submission of assignments to Turnitin. You do not have to submit a hard copy of your assignment. If circumstances arise making it necessary to adjust the arrangement, further announcement will be made as soon as possible. 2. 10% of the marks awarded to the assignment will be deducted for each calendar day overdue until the soft copy of the assignment is submitted. 3. The submitted assignment should be covered with the Assignment Cover Sheet.
F. Plagiarism The University takes academic honesty very seriously and all assignments will undergo plagiarism check. Plagiarism involves copying from another source without acknowledgement. Students should make sure all the sources they used in the assignment are properly referenced. Even if there is proper referencing, students should not make excessive use of the works composed by other people.
