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MGMT 320 RT Principles of Management: Your CSR Research Paper

Created for Dr. Ron Tredway by Dan Maynard

Getting Started

Schedule

WK 5 (9/18) Library introduction to CSR paper

WK 7 (10/2) Additional Support for SCR Paper

WK 10 (10/21) The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) DRAFT Report and will be due for APA editorial review. This assignment allows you to practice proofreading your work for APA style. Using the APA Template provided on the LibGuide, include a completed title page, the label for the executive summary page, and pages that include all recommended labels and headings. Include text for the introduction and headings with in-text citations and references. Any tables or figures must be presented in APA style following the references page (not inserted in the text). 

The Business Librarian will mark-up and email this assignment back to you. Upload a MS Word version of your draft on Bb, non-MS Word formats will not be marked-up. Group project, single submission. Have one person submit for the group. 

WK 11 (10/30) In Process Review (IPR) Go over Draft paper markup

WK 12 (11/6) Final Project Draft (95%) of Report, Presentation and ES are due to instructor

WK 14, 15 (11/18, 20, 25) Final version of Report, Presentation, and ES are DUE per Rubrics provided separately.

Guidelines for this assignment

Group Research Project (Written Report):  This is a group project on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for a company of your group’s choice and is to be completed toward the end of the semester.  This group assignment meets one of the accreditation requirements for Campbell University.  Therefore, this must be done as a group and not as an individual assignment. 

You will be assigned to groups of 3-5 by your instructor.  Each Group will write one paper (Final Report) and prepare one PowerPoint presentation (Presentation), accompanied by a 1-page Executive Summary (ES – handout).  The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) DRAFT Report and Presentation will be due by the beginning of week 11 for APA editorial review. Revised DRAFT (95%) of Report, Presentation and ES are due to instructor beginning of week 14. Final version of Report, Presentation, and ES are DUE April 15, 2024, 8:30 AM Eastern, per Rubrics provided separately.

The paper must include at least 7-10 pages of text, plus a title page, an executive summary, and a reference page.  You may include tables, figures, and appendices as well.  Format your paper in APA style; the CSR template is already created for you.  Ensure to document your sources in APA style using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) or the "APA Style" tab located on this LibGuide. The Publication Manual is available at most academic and public libraries, and book sellers.

Select your company from the NC HQ Companies on the NYS  list based on selection process used by instructor during class sessions. This will be a group decision-making process. Research the company using guidance provided by the instructor and on this LibGuide. Research your company and use the analysis from your paper to prepare a 10-minute group PowerPoint presentation about your company’s efforts to be a socially responsible corporation.  All group members must present a portion, and support feedback on effectiveness, per the Rubric provided by instructor. 

The research paper/presentation is 20% of the student’s final grade.  Students will have the opportunity to submit their paper for APA feedback prior to the due date (week 12).  APA feedback and guidance should be incorporated before the 95% DRAFT deadline (week 14). All revisions must to made (100%) by the DUE Date assigned when all three elements must be emailed to instructor by deadline to receive full credit consideration.

Download and use the following APA Template to format your Group research paper.

NC HQ Companies on the NYS

NC HQ Company Name  & Ticker

  • Advance Auto Parts Inc  AAP
  • Albemarle Corp.               ALB
  • Cato Corp.           CATO
  • Culp Inc    CULP
  • Curtiss-Wright Corp.        CW
  • Duke Energy Corp            DUK
  • Glatfelter Corp   GLT
  • HanesBrands Inc              HBI
  • Hayward Holdings Inc     HAYW
  • Ingersoll Rand Inc            IR
  • IQVIA Holdings Inc           IQV
  • Kontoor Brands Inc          KTB
  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings         LH
  • Live Oak Bancshares Inc LOB
  • Lowe's Companies Inc    LOW
  • Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   MLM
  • Nucor Corp.        NUE
  • Paymentus Holdings Inc PAY
  • Sealed Air Corp  SEE
  • Sonic Automotive, Inc.   SAH
  • SPX Technologies Inc       SPXC
  • Truist Financial Corp        TFC
  • Unifi, Inc.            UFI
  • Vontier Corp       VNT
  • Wolfspeed Inc    WOLF

Core Literature and Foundational Readings

QUICK START: Research Materials

Below are four good places to start your research. Be sure to also look through the tabs on this Guide, the company website, and other locations for additional materials.

Scope Note