Assignment title: Information
ASSESSMENT 2
This task requires you to work both individually and as part of a group to consider the
Corporate Social Responsibility performance and stated values of two similar organisations
and apply the Giving Voice to Values framework.
There are two parts to this task:
Part A – 20% Business Values Assessment Report
Part B – 20% Application of the GVV framework – scenario
development, script development and role play presentation
Please see below for the details of these Task Requirements.
PART A – BUSINESS VALUES ASSESSMENT REPORT
This activity is based on the exercise on page 226 of 'Business Ethics' (Crane & Matten,
2010).
Two companies to be selected for this group are NESTLE and HARSHEY
For this component, you need to consider the values and social performance of two
companies. You are required to consider and discuss the companies your responses to
the questions as individuals.
1. select two companies that produce social reports and whose values are identified on
their websites or in other company documents (that are publicly available). At least
one of these companies must have had the social responsibility and/or performance
of their business activities queried and the two companies selected by your group
must be either:
(a) From different industries but in the same country; or
(b) From the same industry but different countries.
By Week 5, your group must provide the names of the companies you have selected
to research, and the industry and country within which they operate.
2. research each of your companies to determine their company values, their
approaches to social responsibility and their reporting of their social performances.
BUGEN 5930
Business, Society and the Planet
3. As an individual, you are required to submit responses to the following questions:
i. Identify and describe the two companies you have researched; the countries
and/or industries in which they operate. (15 marks)
ii. What differences are evident between the two companies in terms of the
range of issues dealt with in their social reports and the depth of coverage on
specific issues? (15 marks)
iii. To what extent can these differences be explained by the country or industry
differences? What other explanations might there be? (15 marks)
iv. Assess the apparent quality of the social accounting approach utilized by each
company according to Zadek et al.'s (1997) criteria. (15 marks)
v. Discuss the extent to which the social reports provided by these companies
reflect their stated values. (15 marks)
vi. Briefly reflect on your groups' discussions of these companies. In what ways
did the ideas presented by your group confirm your own conclusions,
influence your thinking and/or present another perspective to you? (15 marks)
A score (10 marks) will be allocated for presentation, written expression,
spelling, grammar, punctuation and referencing.
Word limit: 2000 words
Referencing: You are required to follow the APA style of referencing for this task. There is
no set number of references required. It is recommended, however, that you independently
seek out resources in addition to those provided by the lecturer.
Due Date
Students are required to upload their assignment as a Word doc or PDF (with the FedUni
Business School – Assignment Coversheet attached) via the relevant Turnitin link on the
course Moodle page, as well as the regular link for assignment submission.