Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting:

Essay Question: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Selling Bullsh*t or Taking Responsibility?
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) tell us that through the pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) management and organisations can help the world shift to a sustainable footing.
Conversely, Banerjee, (your week 5 lecture reading here) in his article Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly argues CSR by management and organisations is fundamentally flawed!
In this assignment you need to:
Explain the conflicting views surrounding CSR within the academic literature
Take a position on the essay question (Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Selling Bullsh*t or Taking Responsibility?)

*IMPORTANT* Support your answer to the question by selecting and analysing one organisations Corporate Social Responsibility Report (these are often label different things by different organisation; for example, CSR Reports, Sustainability Reporting, Impact Report, Governance Reporting etc.)

Use relevant management and organisational theory (for example CSR, supply chain management, ethics) Your essay should contain at least 8 high quality, and relevant academic references (i.e. peer reviewed journals, books and textbooks).
Focus on one dimension of the organisation CSR report (social, environment, governance etc.)
How does your case-study relate to one of UNs Sustainable Development Goals?

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