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Assignment - Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Task

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been identified as an integral part of company operations, although media reports show that many firms are struggling with practical application. You base been asked to conduct a CSR audit for a BHP Billiton.

Required

In your capacity as a communications auditor, specifically address the following in a report to BHP's management:

1. Detail your scope of engagement (i.e. what exactly were you instructed to do)

2. Critically analysis the current understanding of CSR, referring to academic literature and Industry standards.

3. Examine BHP's CSR commitment by carrying out the following investigation:

• identify the CSR claims embedded in BHP's vision and strategic documents.

• are these claims measurable (i.e. are the actions arising from them fully integrated into BHP's govemance and performance documents)?

• can BHP demonstrate the positive impact of its CSR policy?

4. Clearly identify discrepancies between communicated intention and corporate practice

5. Make recommendations to improve BHP's CSR policy.

6. Ensure that discussion extends beyond the theoretical concepts

The report is to be 2,500 words in length and presented in a standard business report forms comprising the following:

• Executive summary
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
• APA referencing