My Blubb and the Who

Lalaalallala Each

team

project

consists

of

teams

reviewing

various

CSR

reporting

standards

(e.g.

the

Global

Reporting

Initiative,

UN

Communicating

on

Progress)

and

the

class

then

creating

their

own

criteria

(CSR

Report

Card)

for

evaluating

a

socially

responsible

company.

Each

team

then

uses

the

class

report

card

and

applies

those

criteria

to

a

specific

company.

Starting

with

an

explanation

of

why

they

chose

that

particular

company

and

industry,

teams

will

be

expected

to

explain

their

criteria

and

how

they

evaluated

the

company

against

them,

and

provide

examples

to

back

up

their

ratings.

Teams

will

be

expected

to

contrast

what

the

company

says

about

their

CSR

efforts

and

the

rating

the

team

gave

them

versus

what

external

sources

may

say

about

the

company’s

CSR

actions.

References

to

external

resources

(media

articles,

CSR

indices,

and

environmental

sites)

are

required

and

should

be

cited

in

the

paper.

The

Paper

should

also

include

a

criticism

of

the

indices.

For

example

a

company

might

argue

that

it

is

listed

in

the

UN

Communicating

on

Progress

when

they

have

just

bought

in

to

a

CSR

project.

The

UN

Communicating

on

Progress

index

does

not

consider

things

such

as

whether

or

not

the

board

was

included

in

the

decision

making

of

a

CSR

project

the

company

is

involved

in.

Be

objective

in

your

report

include,

find

proof

that

the

company

is

involved

and

active

in

being

socially

responsible

or

if

it

just

a

marketing

scheme.

Answer

questions

such

as:--‐

Is

the

company’s

CSR

project

a

cover

or

genuine?

Is

the

Index

adequate

enough

to

judge

which

companies

should

be

listed?

What

other

areas(criterion)

might

be

included

in

the

indices

that

are

missing

now?

You

can

still

use

the

following

criterion

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