Summary Write a 3000-word corporate social responsibility, sustainability, risk management and business ethics report based on an organisation of your choice. First, you will discuss corporate risk, identifying at least five risks (i.e. at least one from corporate strategic, management-level and operational areas) and appropriate policies. Second, discuss corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability practices in relation to your selected organisation. Arguing how CSR and sustainability practices will affect your organisation’s short-term and long-term performance or goals. Third, discuss business ethics at your selected organisation including a discussion of the attributes’ directors ought to have and why corporate ethics should start in the boardroom. Next you will make recommendations including any implications and or limitations because of earlier outlined assumptions. Last you will conclude succinctly based on the main findings.Task Select an organisation (it can be the same organisation you used in the first assessment) and pretend you are one of its independent non-executive directors. Address the following areas based on the disclosed governance information and relevant governance concepts and theories. Part A. Corporate Risk Management: Investigate and discuss your selected organisation’s current risk framework, including a discussion of the board committee responsible for risk management. Identify at least five risks (. at least one from each of corporate strategic, management-level and operational areas) for your chosen organisation using any method we learned in Module 4. Assess and evaluate the recognised risks by their impact and probability (allocating a level from 1 to 5) and use the tool provided in Activity : Risk recognition, evaluation and mapping to map the risks into a risk matrix. Finally, discuss appropriate risk policies for the five selected risks. Part B. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability: Discuss CSR and sustainability and its relevance to corporate governance. Discuss the CSR and sustainability practices at your selected organisation and how such practices affect its short-term and long-term performance/goals. Part C. Business Ethics in the Boardroom: Discuss the selected organisation’s business ethics, including a discussion of the attributes Directors ought to have and why corporate ethics should start in the boardroom? Part D. Based on your findings in Part A, Part B and Part C above, summarise the key implications, limitations, recommendations, and conclude your report. Requirements Succinctly introduce your selected organisation and discuss any assumptions (. see AIB Style Guide on how to set out your Introduction section). In each section, discuss relevant corporate governance, law, principles and theories. Critically discuss Risk Management, CSR and Sustainability, and Business Ethics practices in the context of your selected organisation. Make explicit recommendations based on the findings from your report (. this section could include any implications and or limitations because of earlier assumptions) and conclude by summarising the main findings. The required word length for this report is 3,000 words (plus 10% tolerance). You are required to use at least six (6) academic references for this report (in addition to the reference for the disclosed corporate governance information such as annual reports). Your references should be from credible sources such as books, industry-related journals, magazines, or academic journal articles. Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contains no/poor citations and/or reference list and if your assignment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website).? Useful resources Prescribed textbook and learning materials and readings from Modules 4–6. Disclosed governance information source: annual reports (Australian companies), proxy statement (US companies), management proxy circular (Canadian companies), company website or any other company statements. CGOV Capstone Example Report Format The report format should follow AIB Style Guide (., cover page including your name and a student id, title and word count of the report, executive summary, table of contents, body, list of references, and appendix if needed). Please use the AIB Report Template to format your report, or use the AIB-preferred Microsoft Word settings. Use author-date style referencing (which includes in-text citations and a reference list). Grading criteria and feedback Your assessment will be marked according to the following grading criteria: Criterion 1: Theories 20% Understanding of relevant corporate governance concepts, principles and theory Criterion 2: Risk assessment 24% Critically evaluate the risk framework of the selected organisation; evaluate at least five risks and discuss appropriate risk policies Criterion 3: CSR and Sustainability 24% Critically evaluate the selected organisation’s corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices, and their potential impacts on the short-term and long-term performance/goals Criterion 4: Business ethics 12% Discuss business ethics at a selected organisation and attributes directors ought to have and why they should begin in the boardroom Criterion 5: Recommendations 10% Explicitly align with main report findings Criterion 6: Referencing 5% In-text citations, sources, and referencing Criterion 7: Communication 5% Communication, presentation, structure and language (. includes executive summary and table of contents).
