Assignment title: Information
Guidelines
As required by the examiner, you must select any corporation of your choice in order to address the assignment
requirement. It is however important to select an organisation where you will have access to a considerable
amount of relevant and reliable sources of information which is helpful in the analysis.
Therefore, selection of an organisation from any of the following sectors is suggested; however you can choose
any other sector, provided that you have access to sufficient information:
• Tobacco industry;
• Oil industry;
• Car industry;
• Domestic and personal electronics, including computing and mobile devices;
• High street retailer of food, clothes or electronics.
You are being asked to critically evaluate the corporate of your choosing, from the perspective(s) of business
ethics, corporate social responsibility and / or sustainability using two contrasting conceptual or theoretical
approaches.
Approach:
Once you have selected the applicable perspective(s) and the two contrasting approaches, you can start by
defining and reviewing literature on the two approaches and start applying the theory to the selected issues /
incidents faced by the organisation. It is important to focus on a particular issue of aspect of your corporation
rather than the entire corporation.
There should be two separate analyses – one for each perspective.
There are lots of different conceptual / theoretical approaches you could use. Please click here to obtain a
further idea on the approaches and perspectives covered in the module and core texts and reading materialapplicable.
Structure for the Report:
Please ensure that you follow the structure given below to present a comprehensive discussion.
Title page
• The title of the report – give it a meaningful title that conveys to the reader what the report is about
• Your personal identification (SID) NB: this should be at the top of every sheet
• The date
• Word count (not including the excluded sections)
Contents page – not part of the word count
• Full list of sections within the report with page numbers
Introduction – 600 words (10% of the total marks)
• The aims or purpose of your report
• An overview of your chosen corporation and which aspect/issue you are focusing on – depending on which
approaches you intend to use, it could be useful to identify key issues or affected groups in the case
considered.
• A final paragraph that outlines the next section of your report – a brief outline on the next sections of your
assignment
Theoretical / Conceptual Approaches and Analysis – 1800 words (60% of
the total marks)Organise this section into two sub-sections (900 words each) with headings, one for each approach and
analysis. Each sub-section may include further sub-sections. Please refer reliable academic and contextual
sources to underpin your discussion and analyses.
For each theoretical / conceptual approach:
• Clearly explain the theoretical / conceptual approach you are going to apply and why it is relevant for your
aims / purpose. Include any debates about, or criticisms and weaknesses of it.
• Explain the issue(s) you are going to address, the material you are going to analyse and its sources. You
should also state why it is relevant for this analysis.
• Systematically apply the approach and explain / display your findings.
Discussion and Conclusions – 600 words (20% of the total marks)
Your conclusions should include the following:
• Discuss and compare and contrast the findings from your analyses using the two approaches, including
contradictory findings and what could account for them
• Relate your findings and discussion to the aims and purpose of the report, and specify any conclusions you
have reached
Presentation and References – no word allocation (10% of the total marks)
• This is the list of sources (including web sources) referred to directly in your report including academic sources
such as books and articles.
• Use the Harvard referencing system.
Appendices – no word allocation
This is where you can include relevant information about the company that you refer to in the main body of yourreport. N.B. Only include material that is relevant. Material in the appendices is not included in the word count..