Posted: April 2nd, 2015

The impact of UK supermarkets on small businesses and communities

The impact of UK supermarkets on small businesses and communities

Order Description

ASSIGNMENT
The impact of UK supermarkets on small businesses and communities

Each individual will be required to identify and analyse a specific CSR/SD/Business Ethics topic or issue that can be associated with the activities of one or more business organisation and with a particular CSR/SD field of study (e.g. labour practices; marketing practices & ethics; ethical supply chain management; corporate governance).

a) A final report by 6th April 2015 at 9:00am. The final report must be no more than 3000 words long – further details about its structure are listed below. This counts for 90% of your grade.

The final report should be maximum 3,000 words long (this does not include the executive summary, tables in the main text, references, appendices) and should have the following structure:
• An Executive Summary of no more than one page, which summarises the main findings/recommendations of the report. This should be written after you have completed your report. This is not a preface or introduction to your report, but rather a concise summary of what you have found out and what you conclude and recommend regarding your topic.

• A rather brief Introduction to your topic or to your company, case study, phenomenon, scandal, country that you wish to examine and how you will tackle it (i.e. what theoretical perspective you will choose to apply)

• A critical but balanced & impartial examination of the selected topic and any associated CSR/Sustainability/Business ethics concepts/theories/models, drawing from appropriate academic textbooks and online articles, with clear referencing of sources (using the Harvard referencing system).

• An identification and general analysis of relevant CSR/Sustainability/Business Ethics policies/initiatives/practices that can be associated with the selected topic in order to improve things in the future.

• The development of a detailed set of conclusions and recommendations arising from the above analysis. The conclusions should seek to integrate the concepts/theories/policies/practices with the findings from your own analysis.

• References (Harvard-style) and Appendix