Posted: April 24th, 2025

Corporate Social Responsibility

Competency

• Assess corporate responsibility for organizational success.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

You have been hired as VP of Operations and part of the executive team of a U.S.-based company. Due to conventional thinking, the shareholders of the organization feel the focus on promoting environmental efforts and increasing employee benefits may have a negative impact on profitability. Given that you have successfully implemented a corporate social responsibility plan for a global organization in your previous role, you are asked by the Board of Directors to create an executive summary that outlines and analyzes how additional investment in the workforce and the environment can increase the organization’s profits.

Instructions

• Write an executive summary using APA format (Title page, Reference page, citations) in Microsoft Word (minimum three pages) that addresses the following:
• Analyze why additional investment in the workforce and the environment can increase the organization’s profits.
• What is the triple bottom line, and why is it beneficial to move toward a corporate social responsibility model?
• How can the risk of financial capital and the allocation of resources result in positive returns?
• What ethical issues could arise from this initiative? Make sure to include a minimum of four examples.
• What are the consequences if corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not addressed?
• Provide attribution using credible scholarly sources for each criterion in the professional executive summary, including writing standards such as writing, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensive exemplary analysis of why additional investment in the workforce and the environment can increase the organization’s profits.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensive exemplary explanation of the triple bottom line and why is it beneficial to move toward a corporate social responsibility model.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensive exemplary explanation of how the risk of financial capital and the allocation of resources result in positive returns.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensive exemplary description of the ethical issues that could arise from this initiative. Included a minimum of four (4) examples.

A – 4 – Mastery

Provide a comprehensive exemplary explanation of the consequences if corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not addressed by an organization.

A – 4 – Mastery

Demonstrates exemplary attribution using credible scholarly sources for each criterion and a professional presentation including writing standards such as grammar, spelling, and punctuation.