Assignment 2

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value Chain

Unit 3 Assignment

Student Name

Kaplan University

GB570: Managing the Value Chain

Professor Name

Date (Month, ##, 201#)

 

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value Chain

This first section is a one or two paragraph (s) introduction to your paper. APA formatting does not use a section header named “Introduction”, instead the first section after the main header assumes the content is introductory information. The first header is not bolded. This first introductory area is good place to set the tone for the subsequent content. It is important the paper’s content demonstrates original thought and exhibits appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information. The main points of the paper should be developed clearly.Supportive arguments should be logical. Content should be appropriate to the assignment, interesting, accurate, and concise. Any item listed on the references page must also be applied and cited within the paper. All papers in this class require APA formatting.

This Unit 3 assignment requires a 4–6 pages paper. The purpose of the Unit 3 Assignment is for you to demonstrate a graduate level understanding of the impact of corporate social responsibility on the management of a firm’s value chain.

Write Part One of your paper using third person perspective (do not use first or second person pronouns; (e.g. do not use “I”, “me”, “you”, “we”). Part Two of this paper will use first person as you share your critical thinking process.

This template is already APA formatted: 1” margins, ½” new paragraph indents, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, title page, one line page headers with page numbers, double line spaced and a separate references page. When you use references in your paper to support your content, be sure to apply the APA in-text reference citation format. Any item listed on the references page must also be applied and cited within the paper.  If you use verbatim quotes, place the words within quotation marks, cite the reference and include a page number. If the quote ends a sentence, place the period after (and not before) the in-text reference citation parentheses.

When you use section headers after the main section header above, center and bold them.  Note that this paper’s header (page headers are limited to no more than four words per APA), the title of the paper on the title page, and the main header above use the same words.

Support your response’s content with at least three separate applied and cited references. Accepted sources are: Kaplan Library article(s), your textbook and the chosen example companies websites. No other internet references are acceptable for the Unit 3 Assignment. Apply and cite no more than one referenced sentence per paragraph. Not every paragraph requires use of a reference; originality is appreciated. Use APA in-text citations within the response and list the applied reference(s) at the end of the response using APA formatting.

Part One - Compelling Argument

In this section, using third person perspective, make a compelling argument as to why the inclusion of policies of corporate social responsibility enhance the ability of a firm to effectively manage a value chain and the achievement of competitive advantage.

Choose and analyze two examples of companies that have been successful in this integration.

Choose and analyze two examples of companies that have not been successful in this integration and identify what the companies should have done in their value chains proactively to protect their value chains.

Sub-section headers should be left justified, bolded but not italicized and not underlined. Paragraph content in the sub-sections should remain the same (1” margins, left justified with ½” new paragraph indentations).

Conclusion

In this section, summarize the paper’s content without introducing any new information.

Part Two – Critical Thinking Process

Using first person perspective, write a paragraph explaining your own critical thinking process that you used to complete Part One of the Assignment.