Business

It is important that a company creates and applies a set of guidelines that govern how the business operates. A good corporate governance considers its stakeholders and applies ethical principles for doing business.

In Unit 3 Connect, you explored the reasons why corporate governance is important and examined different types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches that a company can apply when doing business. Draw upon the concepts covered in Unit 3 when evaluating a real-world company’s CSR approach.

Read this article that describes Ben & Jerry’s core values and CSR stance when doing business: Ben & Jerry's: Our Values, Activism and Mission.

Watch this video about Ben & Jerry's CSR stance: Is Ben & Jerry's a Trojan Horse of Corporate Social Responsibility in Business?

For this assignment, evaluate Ben & Jerry’s CSR approach. Based on your evaluation, answer the following questions:

• What is Ben & Jerry’s CSR stance? Share an example of one of the company’s CSR initiatives.
• Does Ben & Jerry’s leadership actions align with the company’s CSR stance? Why or why not?
• What is one of the hurdles that the company faced when looking to stand by its CSR stance? What actions did they take to deal with it?
• 300-500wrds