Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Key Areas and Analysis of a Company's Primary Characteris

Scope of Analysis

In this assignment, you aim to understand the key areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting using extracts, examples and approaches to CSR issues. This will include investigating topics from throughout the course linked to the ethics and accountability issues. Some principles, concepts and models will be more relevant to a company chosen approach than others and so it is likely that different students will plan different approaches to the questions. In your assignment, aim to provide readers with comprehensive knowledge and critical reviews of these areas covering, for example: Knowledge of a variety of topics related to CSR, ethics, and accountability.  Knowledge of comparing a range of definitions of CSR within the practitioner community and several theoretical frameworks that apply to the CSR discipline. Understandings of, comments on, arguments and contributions to the topic, such as key qualitative characteristics, true and fair view/fair presentation of CSR. Therefore, the assessment encourages you to explore how accountability may be enhanced and how a more ethical business environment may be nurtured by exercising transparency by a company via CSR reporting. This engages you in the academic literature and real-world example to view what you need to apply in your assignment. You should approach this assignment as an academic essay, weighing the arguments for and against each issue, making comments on the literature, and drawing logical conclusions. Academic referencing using the Harvard referencing approach is a key requirement of the assignment to show wider reading and to underpin the discussions, ensuring they have relevant depth. We encourage you to be inquisitive and innovative in your approach to what it should include in this report. Assessment guideline:  This is an individual assignment of 1,500 words. (+ 10%) excluding appendices, reference list, and bibliography. All text should be in a clear font such as Arial or Times New Roman  All text should be 12-point except for headings. The text should be in a single column and left-aligned One and a half spacing between lines, including appendices and bibliography, but excluding quotations, footnotes or captions, which may be single-spaced.  

1. Your name;

2. Your student registration number;

3. Your Programme of Study (e.g., MBA)

4. The word count (excluding the reference list, bibliography and any appendices).

5. The name of your DLMM22 module leader and tutor. Task The requirement is that you analyse in depth one company's primary characteristics of their CSR report. The scope of this analysis is to draw from the material discussed within the module. Analysis contents:

1. Introduction: a short section setting out Basic Factual Information about the company, such as nature of the business, size, segmental breakdown, brief history, stock market listings, etc. [Approx. 250 words- 10 Marks]
2.  The main body contains: 2.1 Examines the specific features of thorough CSR reporting, including: Introductory letters Mission and Value statement  Key facts and figures concerning most important CSR efforts and their progress Graphs and tables  Letters of assurance or CSR auditors’ statement  Interviews and surveys from stakeholders [Approx. 500 words- 40 Marks] 2.2 Identifies for each major stakeholder group the most important CSR issues on which a company report and which data points are most valuable. The stakeholders examine include Investors  Environment Employees Customer Supplies Communities Government [Approx. 500 words- 40 Marks]
3. Conclusion: critically evaluate your finding above as a conclusion. [Approx. 250 words- 10 Marks]