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Instructions: The case study and the article should have Harvard style referencing. The articles which are to be refereed for this particular exercise are attached below. By referring to the articles, the exercise needs to be done accordingly. To open the attached pdf, double click on the icon. “Submission through Turnitin” Case Study 2 Reflection Submission Choose another case of an ethical/ social responsibility (e.g. sustainability) issue that arose in the context of an MNE (e.g. that may have made the news – it doesn’t matter what the timeframe is). Compare and contrast the actions taken by the chosen case with the Nespresso seminar case by addressing the following:

1. Taking a multi-stakeholder perspective – are there ethical dilemmas/conflicts that arise for the MNEs in the context of the issues?

2. Given the conflicts that may have arisen, give your evaluation of the actions taken by the MNEs in response to the issue?

3. Provide your assessment of how meaningful the social responsibility actions/decisions of the two MNEs are in general.

Additional notes:

 Provide a brief description of the chosen case issue in an appendix to your submission (this is in addition to the main submission).

 Draw on your own secondary/desk research of the two cases as well as academic literature/materials to frame your discussion.

 Format: 1 to 2 page document (excluding the appendix and references/bibliography) or 3-5 minute podcast/video with powerpoint slides.

Use Harvard Style referencing Exercise on Contemporary Article:

Choose a contemporary newspaper article of interest to you (published in the last 2 years, that is related to Unit 2. Produce a one-page document for the article that includes:

 o Your summary of the key points of the article o Your opinion on the subject matter – including critical thought,

evaluation or analysis – which you must support with reference to the lecture materials for the unit AND academic articles (e.g. an academic book from the library, an academic article, a Harvard Business Review article, a California Management Review article). Use more than one academic article/work.

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Selecting the Newspaper Article and Examples of Articles

Selecting the Newspaper Article and Examples of Articles

The article must be published in the last 2 years

Search business sections of The Irish Times, Financial Times, The Economist, The Guardian etc.

Do not use tabloid newspaper articles.

Choose an article that is connected to Unit 2 on sustainability and responsibility

The article can be about a specific company or be more general on the topic.

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Structuring Your Review

Structuring Your Review

One Page (excluding appendix):

1. Introduction: Your choice of article including the title of the article and source of article

2. Summary of key points of the article

3. Your opinion

Include here your criticisms/assessment/analysis of the points raised in the article, what you might agree or disagree with and why. You could use examples of companies/countries/regions to develop your argument. You must make reference to the lecture material for Unit 2 and academic academic articles/book chapters).

4. Conclusions

5. Appendix (copy and paste the article here)

Articles to be used for the referencing for both the exercises:

Dark Side of IB.pdf Climate Change is Not a Problem.pdf

Climate Change and COVID-19 There Is More Than One Curve to Flatten.pdf

TheDarkSideofInterna tionalBusiness.pdf

Sustainable Supply Chain.pdf

Its Hard to be Good.pdf