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.