This activity is based on the exercise on page 226 of ‘Business Ethics’ (Crane & Matten,
2010)
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.