Introduction to Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility Assignment

Corporate ethics and social responsibility analysis assignment

Total points possible: 50

Due: August 31 by 11:59pm

For this assignment you will be analyzing two companies using concepts from our class and our textbook. Please use the following questions to guide your analysis:

  • Does the company live up to the ethical code they provide? Why or why not? Provide specific examples using course concepts.
  • Is the company a good corporate citizen that acts with social responsibility? Why or why not? Provide examples using course concepts.

The two companies you will analyze will be Volkswagen and Patagonia. Here are links to their ethics and social responsibility information. You should research each company further to ascertain whether they live up to their ethical and social responsibilities.

Once you have examined the information for each company and completed your research, you should summarize your findings in a 1-to-2-page double-spaced paper. Any citations you use should be in APA format, though I do not require a title page. This assignment will be graded as follows:

Analysis

Your paper should cover both questions for both companies and include examples backed from original research.

40 points

Writing

Your paper is well-written, free of grammatical and punctuation errors, and meets the length requirements.

10 points