LASA Case Analysis—Sustainable Development

In this assignment, the objective is to further understand some illustrative examples of how companies have accomplished the multiple tasks of meeting objectives for profit, planet, and people.

Follow these instructions to access the resource that contains case studies for analysis you will use for this assignment:

1. Visit the Web site for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD): http://www.wbcsd.org
2. Click on the link to Case Studies. These relate to corporate social responsibility (CSR)
3. Choose one of the case studies to use for this assignment

 Prepare a case analysis which addresses the following questions: For your selected case:

• Explain the major goals and objectives of the World Council for Sustainable Development.
• Analyze the World Business Council’s concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and explain how this idea can help companies live up to their responsibilities as global citizens.
• Explain the nature of the company’s operations including the company’s country of origin, number of employees, revenue sources, and any other relevant operational information.
• Identify the company’s main initiative and its  role in terms of social responsibility.   Explain the specific actions taken by the company in this initiative.
• Analyze the results of the initiative and the success and/or failures of the initiative.
• Assess the main lessons learned from the initiative
• Evaluate the application of the concept of triple bottom line performance in the case.

Write an 8-10 page case study analysis in Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style to your work. 

 

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Explained the main goals and objectives of the World Council for Sustainable Development.
Analyzed how the WCFSD’s concept of Corporate Social Responsibility can help companies live up to their responsibilities as global citizens.
Explained the nature of the company’s operations, including the company’s country or origin, number of employees, revenue sources, and other relevant information.
Identified the company’s main initiative and explained its role in terms of social responsibility.
Analyzed the specific actions taken by the company in this initiative.
Analyzed the results of the initiative and the success and/or failures of the initiative.
Assessed the main lessons learned from the initiative.
Evaluated the application of the concept of triple bottom line performance in the case.
Written Components: Organization (12)usage and mechanics (12)APA elements (16) Style (4)
Total:	200

   

Note from professor:

 

This week’s discussion should focus on external sources of long-term funds.  In other words, the acquisition of Long-term Debt and the Selling of Common and Preferred Stock (Higgins, 2009).  Be sure to address each of the follow topics and document your posts with credible sources and a list of your references.  If you have any questions about how to use APA format for this to actions please see my related announcements.  The simple rule is; if you use someone else’s words, ideas or other research, you must always give them credit using in-text citations and list your source as a reference.
Also if you are concerned whether your source is credible, I have posted several announcements addressing this topic.  Argosy has a checklist available to help you to differentiate between the two.
Below are the areas you must effectively address in order to be eligible for full credit:

• Discuss the implications of a firm using debt versus equity for funding purposes. Include the important risk and valuation implications.
• Illustrate the concept using the example of your study company.
• Discuss whether you believe raising long-term funds from a stockholder or short-term funds from a banker (that is, equity or debt) would tend to make people and planet initiatives easier or harder to initiate? Explain.