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Below are some examples of reflective writing for the business social responsibility topic – these are samples from papers that achieved a Credit grade or above. They are incomplete samples and are offered only to give an indication of how some students successfully approached the assessment task. Each student finished their reflective writing with details of references used in their papers – these have not been included here.
Clearly, these students’ reflections are based on discussions in seminars of relevant events current at that time. Such events will vary from semester to semester, and class discussion will differ from group to group and will also depend upon the topics focussed on in different semesters.

Student 1
In the weeks that followed I read about the devastating garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,126 people in April 2013 (a reference given) and considered this in the context of CSR. I was deeply concerned for the plight of the workers, most of whom were women (a reference given). I was also interested in the discussion about who was ultimately responsible for the disaster. During the reflection I was also very aware of my own worldview and value system and conscious of how I rationalised my opinions.
Prior to the lecture I understood CSR to be a standalone area of a business strategy. I hadn’t grasped how integrated it was to business ethics, triple bottom line management and sustainability. My reading also revealed that many businesses ‘window-dress’ their products using CSR. An example of this is the CSR activity of (business identified) through their program (a reference given).
From the outset, I had a limited understanding of the Bangladesh tragedy. I had rationalised that it had nothing to do with me. I also normalised the incident, assuming it was a common occurrence in third world countries with poor working conditions, poor worker rights, corrupt officials and the involvement of large and in some cases unscrupulous