Assignment Paper

Essay assignment
Write an essay that reflects your view on what corporate social responsibility (CSR) in today’s globalized economy actually means. Is it just about ‘profit’ or are ‘people’ and ‘planet’ Alsoevery Company’s responsibility? Motivate your argumentation with as much facts as possible (refer to your sources!). In your argumentation please discuss how you think that decision making in the various business disciplines should -or should not- be influenced by CSR-principles (try to give concrete examples). Link your argumentation to theories, models or trends that were covered in this block. Please feel free to go beyond what was covered if you feel it is relevant. The business disciplines are:

Management
Supply Chain
Finance
Legal
Write a conclusion that underscores your argumentation and conclude with a ‘call to action’ for today’s leaders of international businesses. How should they lead, what kind of behavior should they display to run their company in a socially responsible way? (It might help to imagine how you would do it in their steadJ!).

Research, ethics and critical thinking are tested implicitly in this exam because of the nature of the assignment.

Suggested Structure of the Essay
The introduction
Your view on what corporate social responsibility (CSR) in today’s globalized economy actually means. Is it just about ‘profit’ or are ‘people’ and ‘planet’ Alsoevery Company’s responsibility?
Body Paragraph 1
Argumentation
Body Paragraph 2
Argumentation
Body Paragraph 3 (etc.)
Argumentation
Conclusion
a conclusion that underscores your argumentation and conclude with a ‘call to action’ for today’s leaders of international businesses related to the broad topic of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Reference list (APA-style)