TASK 2 (1250 Words):
“Corporate governance involves a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders. Corporate governance also provides the structure through which the objectives of the company are set, and the means of achieving those objectives and monitoring performance are determined” OECD (2004) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as where a business attempts to meet certain ethical, legal and commercial expectations as set by society. As a business goal, corporate social responsibility has grown in importance over recent years.
Using the same organisation chosen for Task 1:
3. Evaluate the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the organisation (20 Marks)
4. Apply Archie Carroll’s (1991) CSR model to the organisation (25 Marks)
5. Presentation, grammar and referencing (5 marks)
Total (50 marks)

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
• Knowledge and understanding of corporate governance.
• Abilities to appraise and recognise use of corporate governance and ethics
within a business context.
• Understanding of the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Understanding of a CSR model (Archie Carroll’s model) and its practical
applications.
POINTS TO CONSIDER
1. You must briefly discuss corporate governance, including the responsibilities of
the Board of Directors to the stakeholders.
2. Explain the four areas that make up corporate social responsibility as identified
by Archie Carroll. (1991). Apply this model to your chosen company. Please
give relevant practical examples to demonstrate your understanding of this
model.
Total 50 marks
READING LIST
1. Morrison, J. (2017) The Global Business Environment, (4th edition), Palgrave.
2. Needle, D. (2015) Business in Context, An Introduction to Business and Its
Environment, (6th edition), Cengage Learning.
3. Boddy, D. (2016) Management An Introduction, (7th edition), Pearson Press.
4. Please visit the web site of your chosen company for its annual report and
other necessary information.
In addition to the recommended textbook, you are expected to read other
textbooks and journals for your research.
Further Details:
• This assignment must be completed individually as a management report,
following the appropriate academic structure:
▪ Executive summary
▪ Table of Contents
▪ Introduction
▪ Main body
▪ Conclusions
▪ References list
• The word limit for this assignment is 2500 words. This word limit does not
include the executive summary, tables, diagrams, appendices or references.
• Assignment submissions will be made via Turnitin. Please ensure you have
your user login and password well before the submission date.
• If you share your work or, parts of your work, with another student this is an
academic offence (collusion) and will result in a fail grade.
• You must use Harvard Referencing (Citations in-text) to acknowledge your
sources of information and provide a reference list (and bibliography where
appropriate). Failure to do this is an academic offence and will result in a fail
grade.
• Any bibliography provided must be included as an appendix.
• Marks will be awarded for the professionalism of the report.