Week 7 & final Project

Week 7 - Overview & Learning Objectives

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·  Chapter 7. Designs for Social Impact Dual-Purpose Organizations, Corporate Sustainability, and Ethics.pptx  Chapter 7. Designs for Social Impact Dual-Purpose Organizations, Corporate Sustainability, and Ethics.pptx - Alternative Formats (410.862 KB)

Assigned Readings:

Chapter 7. Designs for Social Impact: Dual-Purpose Organizations, Corporate Sustainability, and Ethics

Overview:

Chapter 7 explores how managers design an organization to embrace corporate social responsibility, especially hybrid organizations that have the dual purpose of serving society while also generating wealth for owners and shareholders. Contemporary trends, such as the green movement, the triple bottom line, conscious capitalism, and the bottom of the pyramid, are covered. The chapter then looks at organizational design in terms of sustainability and corporate ethics.

Chapter 7. Designs for Social Impact: Dual-Purpose Organizations, Corporate Sustainability, and Ethics

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

1. Describe how a hybrid organization differs from a typical nonprofit or profit-seeking organization, including the two major “logics” that are embraced in hybrid organizations.

2. Describe how organizations implement corporate social responsibility using the green movement, the triple bottom line, conscious capitalism, and the bottom of the pyramid approaches.

3. Identify important stakeholders for an organization and discuss how managers balance the interest of various stakeholders.

4. Discuss how ethical norms can be maintained through organizational structures and systems.

5. Compare the various sustainability approaches organizations can adopt.

Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 7

Assigned Readings:

Chapter 7. Designs for Social Impact: Dual-Purpose Organizations, Corporate Sustainability, and Ethics

Initial Postings:  Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. There is research evidence to suggest that employees are happier working for a company that provides them with opportunities to contribute to environmental sustainability. Why do you think this would be the case?

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student's own words - do not provide quotes!]

 [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]

Submitting the Initial Posting: Your initial posting should be completed by Thursday, 11:59 p.m. EST. 

Activity 7

Is it reasonable to expect that managers can measure their social and environmental performance with the same accuracy as they measure financial outcomes when using a triple bottom line approach?

The assignment is to answer the question provided above in essay form. This is to be in narrative form and should be as thorough as possible. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 - 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to competitive strategy. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.