Essay
Discuss the statement: "Corporate responsibility is a continuum and should follow a capability-based approach". You are required to identify relevant academic articles to build your arguments. To help you get started re-read the articles by Wettstein (2012)and Sinkovics et al. (2015) discussed in class. Ideally, in addition to your discussion you will also construct a framework/typology that captures different degrees of responsibility based on the extent of existing firm capabilities. Word limit: approximately 2000 words.
Criteria include:
• Depth of research
• Critical analysis and synthesis of the academic literature
• Inclusion of a framework/typology
Research Assignment
The research assignment is connected to the framework developed in your essay. Identify at least one company that fits each category in your framework/typology. Write a mini case study about each company demonstrating how it fits the category. Make sure you sufficiently justify your choice. The companies can be from any part of the world. Also discuss, whether these companies could upgrade to a higher degree of responsibility and what they would need to do to achieve that. What are the barriers they are facing that currently keep them in their present category. Word limit: Approximately 2000 words.
Criteria include:
• Depth and detail of analysis
• Clarity of formulation
• Quality of justifications
• Number and quality of sources used.