Business reports are practical learning tasks where students apply the theories
they have been studying to real world situations.
Students are required to collect information (primary and/or secondary) and prepare a report applying their research to make recommendations that address the business scenario.
This report should consist of the following parts: Executive Summary, Introduction, Objectives, Methodologies, Information Analysis, Findings, Recommendations, References, and Appendices.

This is the major assessment of this unit and each individual student is required to prepare and submit a comprehensive business report addressing a chosen company’s status on corporate social responsibility and governance.
Choose an ASX Top-100 company and report on the company’s CSR activities and Governance structure, applying analytical frameworks from the Corporate Responsibility & Ethics Course, including Carroll’s Pyramid and Wartick and Cochrane’s Typology. Your analysis should critically analyse the company’s response to key stakeholder expectations and highlight any gaps between espoused and realised performance on CSR.
Students are strongly advised to discuss their chosen company with the lecturer and start working on the report early in the trimester. Getting and following advice from the lecturer in a consistent manner is necessary in order to do well in this assignment.
This assignment will emphasise Corporate Social Responsibility issues and possible resolution. Each part of the report must be based on appropriate desk research and synthesis with the theory of the course. It is expected that students will demonstrate the following skills:
i) Evidence of substantial desk research with appropriate references,
ii) Representation of theoretical frameworks,
iii) Synthesis between desk research and theoretical frameworks,
iv) Assessment of management behaviour and its implications.