Module Readings and Assignment:
Complete the following readings early in the module:
Read the overview/online lectures for the Module
From the textbook, Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, read the following chapters:
Raising the base of the pyramid
Broadening the corporate bandwidth
From the Argosy University online library resources, read:
Porter, M. E., & Kramer, M. R. (2006, December). Strategy and society: The link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility. Harvard Business Review, 84(12), 78-92.
To locate the full text of this article access the Argosy University online library from the Academic Resources page found in the Help menu in the top navigation.
Select the Database List button.
On the Database List page, find the link to the database Business Source Complete in the alphabetical list.
Use the Business Source Complete database to search by the article title to locate the full text of the article.
Module Overview (Included As Attachment)
Assignment: Required Assignment 1-Multiple-Stakeholder Process
Instructions: Review the following:
Management at Top Shelf has determined that the company doesn't need another top-down singularly focused recycling program. Instead, it wants to include a wide spectrum of views and inputs in the development of a sustainability mission and program that the company and the community can believe in.
Review the Top Shelf scenario:
Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the impact of public advocacy groups on sustainable business practice and the multiple-stakeholder process.
Write a paper addressing the following:
Identify and research at least two examples of companies that have been impacted by the campaigns of public advocacy groups. What is the value of democratic inputs in business decision making?
Identify and list all of the sustainability stakeholders at Top Shelf. Does each group have equal weight throughout the program development process? When should each be brought into the discussion?
Explain the advantages of implementing a multiple-stakeholder process that significantly influences a company's agenda for sustainability.
Describe the challenges in a multiple-stakeholder process for developing a sustainable business plan. Do the interests of one group outweigh the others?
Develop a step-by-step plan for implementing a multiple-stakeholder process. Your plan should assure the credibility of Top Shelf's sustainability plan in the public sphere and also be effective in meeting the goal of sustainability.
Suggest metrics for tracking the progress.
Write a 5-6-page paper in Word format.
Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Apply APA standards to citation of sources.