The final project requires that you analyze ITC LTD: Toward a Triple Bottom Line Performance, a diversified company that has heavily invested in tobacco and cigarettes in India.
The purpose of this project is to analyze and critique an organization based on what is expected within a corporate strategy in regard to social responsibility.
Prompt: Submit Sections II and III of the final project, which are the analysis of social responsibility and ethical decision making. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
II. Analysis of Social Responsibility. In this part of the project, you will begin your analysis of the case study, examining how the strategy plan of the organization in the case study considers social responsibility.
a) Analyze the organization's strategy plan for compliance with the current acceptable standards or norms relative to social responsibility today.
b) Analyze the organization's strategy plan for any gaps in social responsibility that might be potential risks to internal and external stakeholders.
c) Predict the potential positive and negative impacts to internal and external stakeholders regarding social responsibility that would result from the strategy plan. In other words, what might happen to the employees and/or people involved in the company regarding social responsibility from this strategy plan? You could consider both the present and future impacts.
d) Critique the evolution of strategy planning related to social responsibility within the organization. In other words, what may have influenced the evolution of strategy planning related to social responsibility unique to this organization?
e) Explain how this organization is or is not consistent with regard to social responsibility when compared within its own industry and when compared to outside industries. Be sure to justify your response.
III. Ethical Decision-Making. In this part of the project, you will continue your analysis of the case study, examining how the strategy plan of the organization considers ethics in decision-making processes.
a) Analyze the organization's strategy plan for decision-making processes that it employs. In other words, based on the strategy plan, how does the organization make decisions?
b) Explain how aspects of ethics were considered in the decision-making processes of the organization. In other words, what were the ethical considerations related to social responsibility in the decisions made by the organization? You could consider the connection between ethics and organizational decision making and how ethics influence those decisions.
c) Analyze the organization's strategy plan for any gaps in the decision-making process that could be considered potential risks to internal and external stakeholders.
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 3-4page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.