Due Date: __________________ Name: __________________
BBB4M Independent Study Project
Title of Independent Study: Corporate Social Responsibility
Teacher: Mrs. Glick
Overall and specific expectations:
Overall:
To analyse the ways in which ethical considerations affect international business
decisions.
Specific:
- To assess ways in which multinational enterprises have both positive and negative
effects on the countries in which they operate, including the impact on the norms
and practices of local and indigenous cultures.
- To evaluate the ethical issues that arise for companies competing internationally.
- To analyse the ways in which international development agencies (e.g., United
Nations organizations, Word Health Organization) and non-governmental
organizations (e.g., Greenpeace, World Safety Organization) promote economic
progress in developing countries.
Due Date: __________________ Name: __________________
Instructions:
Step #1: Read through the pages in the attached handout entitled “Social
Responsibility” (pages XXXXXXXXXX).
Step #2: Answer the following questions #1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 24a from the end of the
chapter (pages XXXXXXXXXXYour answers should be typed and written in full sentences.
Step #3: Complete the following inquiry activity.
This unit has looked at a series of ethical issues and NGOs involved in international
usiness. Keeping up-to-date is important for all members of society. This activity will
help you learn about cu
ent information su
ounding these issues and organizations.
Choose an issue/organization listed below that interests you. Find a reliable and trusted
news source for the issue/organization. The source must be no older than six months:
- Environmental Disasters
- Sweatshops
- Corporate co
uption
- Dumping and/or subsidizing
- Poverty
- Micro credit
- WE Charity
- Ten Thousand Villages
- Fairtrade International
- ISO
Requirements
- Your source must be appropriate and cu
ent. Include a link to the source, state
its date, the publication and the author.
- Write a
ief paragraph (5-10 sentences) summarizing the article in your own
words.
- Write a paragraph explaining how the information in the article will impact
international business.
- Write a
ief paragraph explaining what you learned from the article.
Submission
- Your assignment should be uploaded as a single document to our Google
Classroom, under the “ISP Assignment”.
- You must also submit this assignment to TurnItIn.com. Instructions on how
to upload to Turnitin will follow shortly.
Grading
- Your assignment will be graded on the attached ru
ic.
ISP Ru
ic
Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Knowledge and
Understanding
- Demonstrates limited knowledge
of content.
- Demonstrates limited
understanding of concepts.
- Demonstrates some knowledge of
content.
- Demonstrates some understanding
of concepts.
- Demonstrates considerable
knowledge of content.
- Demonstrates considerable
understanding of concepts.
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge
of content.
- Demonstrates thorough
understanding of concepts.
Application
- Applies knowledge and skills in
familiar contexts with limited
effectiveness.
- Makes connections within and
etween various contexts with
limited effectiveness.
- Applies knowledge and skills in
familiar contexts with some
effectiveness.
- Makes connections within and
etween various contexts with
some effectiveness.
- Applies knowledge and skills in
familiar contexts with considerable
effectiveness.
- Makes connections within and
etween various contexts with
considerable effectiveness.
- Applies knowledge and skills in
familiar contexts with a high degree
of effectiveness.
- Makes connections within and
etween various contexts with a
high degree of effectiveness.
Thinking
- Uses planning and processing
skills to generate ideas and
organize information on a given
topic with limited effectiveness.
- Further research is required.
- Uses planning and processing
skills to generate ideas and
organize information on a given
topic with some effectiveness.
- Some research is evident and
sourced.
- Uses planning and processing skills
to generate ideas and organize
information on a given topic with
considerable effectiveness.
- Research is evident and well
sourced.
- Uses planning and processing skills
to generate ideas and organize
information on a given topic with a
high degree effectiveness.
- Research knowledge is abundant
and expertly sourced.
Communication
- Expresses and organizes ideas
with limited effectiveness.
- Uses vocabulary, and
terminology of the discipline with
limited effectiveness.
- Written information needs more
work. There are many spelling or
grammar mistakes evident.
- Expresses and organizes ideas
with some effectiveness.
- Uses vocabulary, and terminology
of the discipline with some
effectiveness.
- Written information is satisfactory.
Proofread your work carefully.
- Expresses and organizes ideas with
considerable effectiveness.
- Uses vocabulary, and terminology of
the discipline with considerable
effectiveness.
- Written information is delivered well.
Few grammatical e
ors if any.
- Expresses and organizes ideas with
a high degree of effectiveness.
- Uses vocabulary, and terminology of
the discipline with a high degree of
effectiveness.
- Written information is delivered
expertly. No spelling or grammatical
e
ors evident.
Comments:
Corporate social responsibility