Instruction

From an organisational perspective, formulate a 5-year sustainable development plan for an organisation of your choice, focusing on corporate social responsibility and business ethics (e.g., workers rights, employee relations, child labour, diversity/cross-cultural management, environmental responsibility).

You should:

critically analyse the key challenges the organisation faces

suggest a plan on how to address the key issues and improve the situation with a 5-year sustainable development plan Use CSR related theories/models (e.g., Carrolls Pyramid, Triple Bottom Line, Stakeholder Theory) to analyse the relevant issues and to support the sustainable plan discussions. The 5-year sustainable development plan can be discussed utilising the timeline: Consider how you would manage strategic organisational change in the implementation of this plan.

General Guidance

Submission deadline: 12:00 noon Wednesday 15 December

The word limit is 4,000 words including tables and reference list but excluding appendices (+10% leeway)

Your submission needs to be critically developed, rather than descriptive

Use academic references to support your points and discussions.

You must use BU Harvard Referencing

Indicative Assignment Structure

Introduction Main issues (key challenges faced) critical discussions of the challenges (using relevant theories/models to analyse the situation, where appropriate)

5-year sustainability development plan critical discussions of the plan (using relevant theories/models where appropriate)

Conclusion Reference list (listing all (but only) the references used in the text.

Assessment criteria and weightings (indicative)

Discussions of the relevant issues 20%

5-year sustainable development plan 30%

Application of relevant theories/models 20%

Analytical/critical elements 20%

Academic style/professional presentations 10%

Advice: before writing

Read the brief carefully (what you have been asked to do)

Select an appropriate organisation (which has direct relevance to the issues/challenges in the global business environment).

Consider which theories/models you might apply make sure you understand these clearly

. Useful to produce an outline or working plan.

Think your ideas through before you start writing.

Advice: when writing

Make sure that your discussions are:

deep

critical (not descriptive)

with logical development through to the conclusion

with application of theories/models

with clear presentation and communication (e.g., use of headings, page numbering, etc.)

supported by academic references

Referencing needs to follow BU Harvard Referencing style consistently (check BU online if not sure)