QUESTION 1
(a) What do you know by the term ‘sustainable development'?
(b) What do you realize by the term ‘social sustainability'?
(c) What are the sustainable communities?
(d) What are dimensions of Social Sustainability?
QUESTION 2
(a) Elucidate the term ‘socially responsible investing (SRI)'.
(b) List and explain social sustainability criteria that are commonly used by SRI funds and indexes to rate publicly-traded companies.
(c) Describe the Social Sustainability Assessment Framework (SSAF) and how it might be used?
QUESTION 3
(a) Write down a short note on evolution of the concept of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)', highlighting the factors leading to the development of the CSR.
(b) Why do corporations employ in social responsibilities?
(c) Do you agree that CSR represents a means for corporations to help in creation of socially sustainable communities or that corporations always grow more from CSR than society does?
QUESTION 4
Examine the following
(a) Good governance is an answer ingredient for sustainable development.
(b) The role of our education system in promoting the well being of our Mauritian civilization.
(c) The position of business organisations in the fight against poverty and creation of a better society in Mauritius.