Minor Project Trend Analysis: Students will perform a financial trend analysis that is due in Week 5: For the Minor Project, each student will need to work on this independently and submit their work. Students should begin this project staring in Week 1.

1. Select a publicly traded company and obtain its annual financial statements over the past three years.
2. Conduct a trend analysis on the company's financial performance over three years (use the text as a guide on developing the trend analysis).
3. Include in your paper the company's vision and mission or a brief background of the company's business operations. Also, examine the companys corporate social responsibility statement and reflect on it in your paper.
4. Include tables and charts for relevant data in your analysis.
5. The paper should contain 1,500 words.