Tesco Csr Responsibilities
Part One:
Identify the three most important CSR issues that the company faces and explain why each is relevant for the firm. In order to identify these issues, you should read not only corporate reports and the company’s website, but also media reports and any research papers that offer commentary on both the company’s activities and its significant social and environmental impacts.
Part Two:
Critically evaluate the nature and degree of the company’s responsibilities in relation to each issue. To do so, arguments should explicitly draw upon the theories outlined in class –
e.g. the various ethical theories, institutional and stakeholder theories. For each issue, you may draw upon a variety of theories – i.e. present a number of analyses of the nature and degree of a firm’s responsibilities, each of which draws upon a different theory – or draw upon a single theoretical approach – i.e. present an analysis of the nature and degree of a firm’s responsibilities that draws upon institutional theory or stakeholder theory or a particular ethical theory (e.g. utilitarianism or Rawlsian theory of justice). You need not draw upon the same theory or theories for your considerations of all three issues. Indeed, you may (or may not) take the view that different theories are most suitable for the analysis of responsibilities in regards of different issues.
Tesco
1._________________________________
i) Honest disclosure of source and quality of food
The recent horsemeat hiccup has created a lot of angst towards Tesco and the quality of their food. Accusations of profit-seeking greed and thoughtless supplier sourcing are rife with the scandal gracing the headlines of most major UK newspapers and TV programmes. You could say the problem has gone viral with a spoof YouTube video generating 390,000 views (Blade376 2013) within a matter of weeks.
The creation of a consumer helpline and dedicated website as well as the apologetic adverts
Identify the three most important CSR issues that the company faces and explain why each is relevant for the firm. In order to identify these issues, you should read not only corporate reports and the company’s website, but also media reports and any research papers that offer commentary on both the company’s activities and its significant social and environmental impacts.
Part Two:
Critically evaluate the nature and degree of the company’s responsibilities in relation to each issue. To do so, arguments should explicitly draw upon the theories outlined in class –
e.g. the various ethical theories, institutional and stakeholder theories. For each issue, you may draw upon a variety of theories – i.e. present a number of analyses of the nature and degree of a firm’s responsibilities, each of which draws upon a different theory – or draw upon a single theoretical approach – i.e. present an analysis of the nature and degree of a firm’s responsibilities that draws upon institutional theory or stakeholder theory or a particular ethical theory (e.g. utilitarianism or Rawlsian theory of justice). You need not draw upon the same theory or theories for your considerations of all three issues. Indeed, you may (or may not) take the view that different theories are most suitable for the analysis of responsibilities in regards of different issues.
Tesco
1._________________________________
i) Honest disclosure of source and quality of food
The recent horsemeat hiccup has created a lot of angst towards Tesco and the quality of their food. Accusations of profit-seeking greed and thoughtless supplier sourcing are rife with the scandal gracing the headlines of most major UK newspapers and TV programmes. You could say the problem has gone viral with a spoof YouTube video generating 390,000 views (Blade376 2013) within a matter of weeks.
The creation of a consumer helpline and dedicated website as well as the apologetic adverts