Description Now more than ever, firms are being held accountable for not only their performance in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) but also their reporting regarding ESG performance. For this Final Project, you will analyze a firm’s ESG reporting by considering what the firm reports relative to outside sources. GETTING STARTED Company Assignment. You will use your Midterm firm for the Final Project. STEP 1. Find your firm’s ESG report (Could be referred to as CSR Report, Sustainability Report, Citizenship Report) and Code of Conduct (used for the Midterm Paper) STEP 2. Look up your firm’s violations here: https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.orgLinks to an external site. ANALYSES Part I. Compare and contrast the information provided in your firm’s ESG report and Code of Conduct to the information on Violation Tracker. Are the overall assessments of your firm similar or different? Pinpoint 3 specific differences or similarities between the firm documents (Code of Conduct, ESG report) and the information provided by Violation Tracker. Part II. Identify what you believe to be the Objective of your firm based upon the ESG report and Code of Conduct. Is this Objective the same or different from the Objective suggested by the information on Violation Tracker? Make sure you provide specific evidence (direct quotes, statistics, etc) from the all sources to support your argument and explain with clear logic. Part III. Identify what you believe to be the Constraint of your firm based upon the ESG report and Code of Conduct. Is it different from the Constraint suggested by the information on Violation Tracker? Make sure you provide specific evidence (direct quotes, statistics, etc) from the sources to support your argument and explain with clear logic. Part IV. How would you rate your firm’s overall reporting on Environmental, Social and Governance? Is the reporting detailed and clear OR fuzzy and unspecified? Importantly, you should not simply state an opinion. You need to present an argument supported by theory, logic, and/or facts. As a reminder, you can determine what falls under the categories of Environmental, Social and Governance here: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2020/08/01/introduction-to-esg/ Grading. Your paper grade will be based upon the thoughtfulness and persuasiveness of your analyses, your understanding of course concepts, and the quality of your writing. The paper should be written in paper format and approximately 3-4 pages single-spaced with 12 point font (this does not include Endnotes, Footnotes or a Reference List). DO NOT USE AI Presentations will be given in class (2 minutes in length) and informal (no slides) on December 9th & 11th. This will be a chance for you to provide the highlights of your analyses and will be asked questions about your analyses. The final paper and citation contract are due on December 8, 2024 at Midnight. Your paper and citation contract will be submitted through Canvas and must be received by Midnight or else I will deduct 10 pts (plus an additional 10 pts for each 24-hr. period after the due date and time). You will only use these outside sources for your paper (make sure you properly cite them) Violation Tracker website https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.orgLinks to an external site. Your firm’s ESG (CSR) Report Your firm's Code of Conduct If you use course concepts in your analyses, you must cite them. At a minimum, you should use the following reading from our class: Dees, J. G. & Elias, J. 1997. The Normative Foundations of Business. Harvard Business School Publishing. (According to this reading they are differents objectives of the firm that you would have to choose one ill sent you the info once you accepted) (im am the student) Academic Integrity. This course is designated as a writing intensive class within the RBS curriculum and is designed to assess student writing ability. You are not allowed to use the assistance of AI (Chatgpt, Bard, Quillbot, etc.) to write any part of your paper. If you use AI to write any part of your paper, you will receive a 0 on the Final Project. Citations. You must include citations for course materials, direct quotes, paraphrased information, and facts. I don't care what method of citations you use so long as I can find the exact page or website where you found the information. I want the full website address. For example, you should include (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/sites/default/files/media/Global/Company20Info/PDFs/ar11_letter.pdfhttp://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/sites/default/files/media/Global/Company Info/PDFs/ar11_letter.pdfLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader Links to an external site. See the example of proper citations posted under Course Documents and/or visit the RU library website for more information. If ANY sentence in your paper includes ANY facts about the company (i.e., something that your grandmother doesn’t know), you MUST have a citation at the end of that sentence. I don’t mind if every sentence has a citation. If you take more than 3 words in a row from a source, you must include quotation marks and a citation. You may check your papers for plagiarism using our submission link (Turnitin). If you have a violation, you can fix it and upload a new version of your paper. Please note, Turnitin doesn’t catch everything, so I use it alongside other searches.
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