Critically evaluate a corporation choosing from perspective(s) of business ethics, corporate social responsibility and / or sustainability using two contrasting conceptual or theoretical approaches.

PLEASE READ PAGE 8-9-10 FROM MODULE GUIDE ATTACHED.

Critically evaluate a corporation of your choosing from the perspective(s) of business ethics, corporate social responsibility and / or sustainability using two contrasting conceptual or theoretical approaches. Write a 3,000 word report on your evaluation.

Corporations in the following industries / sectors should provide rich cases for your analysis, but you can choose other sectors:

 Tobacco industry;

 Oil industry;

 Car industry;

 Domestic and personal electronics, including computing and mobile devices;

 High street retailer of food, clothes or electronics.

Your critical evaluation must be from the perspective(s) of business ethics, corporate social responsibility and / or sustainability.

The range of material you analyse could include information provided by the corporation (e.g. sustainability / social / CSR policies and reports) as well as information about the corporation e.g. stories in the media, including specific incidents (scenarios) the corporation has been involved in. However, you must conduct your own analysis of the material. You might choose to apply two alternative analytical approaches to the same material and discuss differences between the outcomes.

Please note that the following are excluded from the word count:

 title page

 contents page;

 abstracts;

 indented quotations (of more than 50 words);

 tables;

 figures;

 diagrams;

 footnotes/endnotes used for reference purposes and kept within reasonable limits;

 list of references and/or bibliography;

 appendices

STRUCTURE FOR THE REPORT

Title page (not part of the word count)

– The title of the report – give it a meaningful title that conveys to the reader what the report is about

– Your personal identification (SID)

– The date

– Word count (not including the excluded sections)

Contents page (not part of the word count)

– Full list of sections within the report with page numbers

Introduction.

– The aims or purpose of your report

– A very brief overview of your chosen corporation

– A final paragraph that outlines the next section of your report

Theoretical / Conceptual Approaches and Analysis

Organise this section of your report into two sub-sections with appropriate headings, one for each of your approaches. Each sub-section may include further sub-sections with headings.

– For each sub-section you should:

– Clearly explain the theoretical or conceptual approach that you are going to apply and why it is relevant for your aims / purpose. Include any debates about, or criticisms and weaknesses of, the approach.

– Specify the material you are going to analyse, its source, and why it is relevant for this analysis.

– Systematically apply the analytical approach to your material and explain the findings

Discussion and Conclusions

– Discuss and compare and contrast the findings from your two analyses, including contradictory findings and what could account for them

– Relate your findings and discussion to the aims and purpose of the report, and specify any conclusions you have reached

References (not part of the word count)

a) This is the list of sources (including web sources of company information) referred to directly in your report. It must include academic sources such as academic books and articles.

b) Use the Harvard referencing system.

c) It is not part of the word count.

Appendices (not part of the word count)

This is where you can include relevant material about the company that you refer to in the main body of your report. Material in the appendices is not included in the word count.