Corporate Overview: In this section, you will summarize the industry and corporate overview you created in the first part of your final project. Be sure to focus on the industry trends and issues, as you will expand upon them throughout this report.
Risks and Challenges: In this section, you will expand on several forms of risk and explain how each impacts corporate value and decision making.
Describe the challenges financial managers can face regarding working capital management (WCM) in short-term planning.
Analyze economic and political risk in relation to your chosen corporation for potential impact on shareholder value maximization. If there are no current risks related to economics and politics facing the industry or your corporation, analyze economic and political risk in general terms, discussing how they could impact shareholder value in general.
Analyze industry-specific risks—such as competition, supply chains, and technological disruptions—for their potential influence on financial decision making within your chosen corporation. Provide examples to illustrate your claims.
Analyze company-specific challenges that could impact corporate success in the long- or short-term. These challenges may include things like access to key talent, facilities, natural resources, or patents.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics: In this section, you will discuss the importance and impact of corporate social responsibility and ethics in financial decision making and a corporation’s value.
Identify the key CSR and ethical issues involving your company’s major stakeholders: investors, customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and the environment.
Explain how the identified issues can impact the corporation’s value.
Discuss the role that financial managers should play in monitoring and managing these issues.
Reflect on the importance of ethics and CSR in financial decision making, explaining reasoning.
My company is Darden Restaurants.