Critically discuss the extent to which businesses take Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) seriously.

Critically discuss the extent to which businesses take Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) seriously.

Please read and analyse the following 3 articles. Your answer amongst other things, should draw from the 3 articles below as well as refer to wider UK and international frameworks for CSR. We will also look at these articles during the course.

The 3 articles:

Asset managers told to clean up greenwashing and net zero claims (Financial Times, 2022)

https://www.ft.com/content/f1367ab4-ac6f-486d-8bd2-e7659448055d

Volkswagen and the Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility (Forbes, 2015)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2015/09/27/volkswagen-and-the-failure-of-corporate-social-responsibility/

The Truth About CSR (Harvard Business Review, 2015)

https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-truth-about-csr

(total 2000 words)

Formatting and Layout

Please note the following when completing your written assignment:

Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style

Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment.

Document format: Essay

Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and a bibliography using Harvard referencing throughout is also provided.

Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g. academic books and journals that have been peer reviewed. The research should be extensive.