The Term Paper Assignment
The term paper will be based on your analysis of a corporation of your choosing. Use the discussion thread provided in Blackboard to reserve your desired corporation. Using applicable theories and concepts from the book, perform an analysis of your selected company's corporate citizenship. The term paper should be single-spaced, approximately 1500-2000 words (excluding citations) and should incorporate multiple sources, appropriately cited (APA style), and should reference appropriate concepts from the text. Direct quotation of language from other sources should be held to no more than two short sentences and must be in quotations. Analyze the company's performance through a responsibility assessment/audit using public sources. The scope of the paper should include:
1) Brief introduction
2) Analysis:
• What has been this organization's track record regarding corporate social responsibility?
• Who are their most important stakeholders? How successfully have they managed the relationships with those stakeholders?
• How successful has the company been in proactively managing public issues? Have they engaged their stakeholders successfully?
• At what phase of Corporate Global Citizenship (see figure 7.1 on page 145) is this company? On what do you base your assessment?
• Has this company undergone any scandals or public relations problems related to social-responsibility? If so, what do you believe are the reasons for these ethical lapses (review pages 75-78 in the text)?
• Does the company perform any type of formal social / environmental reporting, such as triple bottom line reporting?
• What is the company's stance on lobbying?
• What is their record on sustainable development and management of environmental issues?
• What is their policy on corporate governance? For instance, is their board made up primarily of outside or inside directors? Are the roles of Chair and CEO separate or are they filled by the same individual? Why are these issues important?
• What is your assessment of their customer relations (including consumer protection) as well as their employee relationships?
• What is their record with respect to diversity?
3) Summary and your overall assessment of this organization from a CSR perspective.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.