Social Responsibility Project: Creating Shared Value
BA FA20
Due Date:Thursday, October22, 2020
Submit either a .doc/.docx or pdf file in the Canvas assignment by 11:59 PM.
Total: 35 points – Late submission: 0 points
Note: Make sure to submit your assignment on time. Late submissions are not accepted and will earn zero points. You do not have to wait for the deadline – you can submit your project whenever you believe your assignment is ready, and you can upload an updated file at any point until the deadline. “Technical difficulties” and “apparently Canvas did not work” are not acceptable reasons for not submitting your project on time.
Overview: This project aims at exploring ways you, as an individual, and companies can have a positive social impact in the world. In the class, we discusshow corporations have the ability and capability to tackle the big (social) problems we face in the world today. We also emphasized that the highest impact is possible through collaboration – when companies work collaboratively and interactively with all their stakeholders. As such, each of us also has the potential and the responsibility to have a positive impact.
With this purpose in mind, review the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Identify one goal that you find the most interesting and wouldlike to work on for this project.
Deliverable: 1-page report. Usecomplete sentences, not bullet points.
Paper Content and Format (35 points total):
Choose one of the goals (https://www.globalgoals.org/) you find the most interesting and answer the following questions. Make sure to have an appropriate heading for each.
Do not forget to include the Academic Integrity Pledge
Note: Citations and the Academic Integrity Pledge are NOT included in the page count.
Deliverable Guidelines:
Note:You must upload your file via Canvas as noted above; do NOT copy/paste your document’s text into the assignment’s comments box, and do NOT email your project to anyone on the Teaching Team. Any file type other than .doc/.docx or pdf will not be accepted (you will receive an error message from Canvas if you try to upload any other file type in the assignment). If you do not use Microsoft Word and do not know how to save your document as a .doc or .docx file, you may wish to visit one of Penn State’s IT Service Desk locations well in advance of the due date to learn how to submit an acceptable file.
BA FA20
Social Responsibility Project: Creating Shared Value
This project is worth 35 points of your overall course grade.The partial credit for different parts of the report are as follows:
We will use the following grading guidelines:
Full Credit:35 Points – Full credit will be given if ALL requirements for paper content criteria and ALL guidelines for submission are followed. – This includes addressing all questions asked above. |
Partial Credit: – Missing any of the paper content and/or format elements listed in these guidelines – Poorly written (spelling, grammar, word choice, lack of attention to detail, etc.) – Low or high page count – Missing the academic integrity pledge |
Zero Credit: 0 Points – File not successfully submitted via the Canvas assignment by the deadline – File emailed to Teaching Team instead of submitted via the Canvas assignment – Unacceptable file type or unreadable file submitted – Submission is irrelevant and unrelated to the assignment – Any amount of plagiarism from any source; DO NOT copy/paste from any site |
Due Date:Thursday, October22, 2020
Submit either a .doc/.docx or pdf file in the Canvas assignment by 11:59 PM.
Late = zero points for this assignment
Social Responsibility Project Creating Shared Value
The outline below is offered as a guide to help you organize your project. Make sure to follow the assignment guidelines, as explained above.Once again, write everything in your own words. Your assignment should be 1 page long (note: citations and AI pledge no included in the page limit).
Add Title
Student Name:
Goal choice and reason:
Explanation of the goal:
Actions I can take:
What companies can do:
Example of a company working towards the goal:
Citations:
AddAcademic Integrity Pledge
Social Responsibility Project Creating Shared Value