Assignment Remit

Program Title: Business Management Suite

Module Title Responsible Business: Theory and Practice

Module Code 32264

Assignment Title Assessment 1

Level LI

Weighting 50%

Lecturers Adam Nix; Jennifer TyreeHageman

Hand Out Date 30/09/2021

Due Date & Time 11/11/2021 12-noon (UK)

Feedback Post Date 03/12/2021

Assignment Format Essay

Assignment Length 1800 words at least

Submission Format Online Individual

Note: This assessment is subject to confirmation by the External Examiner. Therefore, details may still change until final approval has been obtained.

Assignment:

This assignment provides an opportunity to think critically about the sort of complex issues that often cause conflicts between organizations and stakeholders, as well as the ways in which businesses manage them. In looking at the issue of global meat production and its impact on deforestation, we want you to apply responsible business theories to a contemporary, real-world case.

Assignment Task:

Analyze the conflict around global meat production and its link to deforestation, and then evaluate Tesco’s response to the issue from a stakeholder management perspective.

Assignment Instructions:

For this assignment, you need to do the following:

1. Refamiliarize yourself with the materials on the global meat industry and deforestation that we covered in Weeks 2 and 3. These will provide a starting point, but you should also be prepared to do your own research on the case.

Tip: You will not only find useful information in the media, but also in academic, industry, and NGO sources that discuss the conflicts as well as the interests and motivations of those involved.

2. Using the information gathered in (1) and the theories covered in Weeks 2 and 3, analyze the conflict. By this, we mean to break up the conflict into parts, investigate what is happening, and build a clear picture of the situation and its implications on the various participants (at this point, you should consider the conflict as a whole, rather than as a specific stakeholder management issue for Tesco). You will then need to summarize the findings of your analysis in the essay.

Tip: Using an arena approach will help you map the conflict arena and identify its various participants and their relationship to each other. Revisit the two papers on your reading list for week 3 – regarding conflicts in the tobacco industry and salmon farming. The arena approach is applied to stakeholder management in these two papers.

3. Building on the analysis you did in (2), evaluate Tesco’s response to the issue and the criticism they have received for their continued use of problematic suppliers. Here, you will need to think about how and why they have managed the situation in the way they have, what the likely benefit and risks of their actions are, and what alternative approaches are available to them. Remember to inform your evaluation with concepts and theories relating to stakeholder management and to avoid unsupported opinions.

It is recommended that you allocate around 20% of the available word limit to the introduction and conclusion, 40% for the analysis of the conflict, and 40% for the evaluation of Tesco’s response.

Presentational Requirements;

The following presentational requirements should be followed when submitting your work:

• 2000-word limit (excluding references and tables)
• Any figures and tables should be in text (i.e., not at the end of the document)
• Personal information should be avoided to aid anonymized marking
• An academic essay structure should be used (guidance here)
• An easily readable font (e.g., Arial) should be used throughout
• The font size should be 11 or 12
• Double line spacing should be used throughout
• References should be cited using in-text citations (i.e., Harvard Referencing)
• Pages should be numbered

NB – Failure to follow these guidelines will affect your performance in this assignment.

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Module Learning Outcomes:

In this assessment the following learning outcomes will be covered:

• LO 1. Demonstrate a theoretically informed analysis of the reasons why businesses may choose to act irresponsibly.
• LO 3. Evaluate different business processes and practices from a responsible business perspective.
• Diagnose problems in a range of business cases and design effective solutions.
• Understand the importance of effective communication and collaboration in responsible business transformation.
• Articulate the risks and opportunities associated with responsible and irresponsible businesses.

Grading Criteria:

Please see the marking rubric provided below.

Feedback to Students:

Both Summative and Formative feedback is given to encourage students to reflect on their learning that feeds forward into following assessment tasks. The preparation for all assessment tasks will be supported by formative feedback within the tutorials/seminars.

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Plagiarism:

It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. You are expected to use appropriate references and keep carefully detailed notes of all your information sources, including any material downloaded from the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not vulnerable to any alleged breaches of the assessment regulations. More information is available at https://intranet.birmingh am.ac.uk/as/studentservices/conduct/misconduct/plagiarism/index.aspx.

Late submission:

Normal school policies apply to this assignment. If work is submitted late and no extension has been granted, then a penalty of 5% will be imposed for each day that the assignment is late until 0 is reached, for example, a mark of 67% would become 62% on day one, 57% on day two, and so on. The days counted will not include weekends, public holidays, and University closed days.

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