Reference no: EM133638150

Lead corporate social responsibility

Purpose of assessment
This assessment will develop your skills and knowledge required to consult with stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate corporate social responsibility policy in an organisation.

Elements
To achieve competency in this unit you must demonstrate your ability to:
Identify context for corporate social responsibility
Establish corporate social responsibility policy
Monitor and evaluate corporate social responsibility

Performance Evidence
Evidence of the ability to:
Establish, monitor and evaluate corporate social responsibility for two areas or opportunities

In the course of the above, the candidate must:
consult and communicate with relevant stakeholders to develop CSR objectives and policy that align to organisational goals
negotiate with stakeholders to integrate corporate social responsibility practices into policies and procedures.

Knowledge Evidence
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
Key provisions of legislation, covenants, standards and codes of practice relating to Australian and international standards relating to CSR
Internal and external sources of information relevant to the CSR framework including:
Legislation, regulation, standard and codes of practice
Organisational objectives, culture and current policies and practices
Elements of a CSR strategy including:
Organisational goals, drivers and expected benefits
Opportunities and barriers to CSR implementation and operation
Relevant stakeholders
Emerging approaches and best practice in CSR relevant to organisational context and industry
Change management techniques
Procedures for maximising engagement in CSR, including strategies and techniques for:
Consultation
Generating ideas and options
Communicating information
Addressing barriers and resolving problems.

BSBSUS601 Lead corporate social responsibility

Task A - Knowledge Questions

Question A1
Complete the table to describe key provisions of legislation, covenant, standards and codes of practice for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as they apply to human rights.

Question A2
Complete the table to identify sources of organisational information related to CSR. (2 for each). Ensure you include internal and external resources.

Question A3

Describe three drivers for implementing a CSR strategy in an organisation. Explain the expected benefits for implementing CSR in an organisation.
Answer in 150-250 words. This was discussed in Chapter 1.3 of the Learner Guide.

Question A4
Address the following in the table below:
Explain four areas or categories of responsibility to which CSR can be applied.
Explain at least 3 barriers an organisation may face when implementing CSR Practices

Answer in 150-250 words. This was discussed in Chapters 1.3 & 1.7 of the Learner Guides.

Question A5
Complete the table to explain how various stakeholders are associated with CSR in an organisation.
Answer in 100-200 words. This was discussed in Chapter 2.1 of the Learner Guide.

Question A6
Choose an industry to apply the following question to (for example Fashion). Explain at least 3 emerging approaches and best practices in CSR that is relevant to that industry. Explain at least two change management practices they could use?
Answer in 150-250 words. This was discussed in Chapter 1.1 of the Learner Guide.

Question A7
Complete the table to summarise strategies and techniques to maximise employee engagement in CSR practices.
Consultation
Generating ideas
Communicating information
Addressing barriers and resolving problems
Answer in 150-250 words. This was discussed in Chapter 2.2 of the Learner Guide.

Task B - Identify context for corporate social responsibility

Question B1
Produce a report that outlines the context for Tight Threads' corporate social responsibility. Ensure the report outlines:
The environment and enterprise context for CSR, including which areas of CSR are relevant to the company's goals and why
The quality and quantity of drivers for CSR
Outline key provisions of legislation, regulation, standards and codes of practice that impacts on corporate social responsibility, including those relating to:
Fair trade
Human rights
Corporate governance
Current and expected benefits to company from implementing CSR
Stakeholders relevant to CSR, and effective forms of engagement for each group

Question B2
To further understand the context for CSR for Tight Threads, you need to consult with others on potential opportunities and barriers.
Set up a meeting with at least two stakeholders of Tight Threads, as role played by other students in your unit. Use the meeting to:
Identify opportunities for socially responsible practices
Identify potential barriers to socially responsible practices and discuss how they could be addressed
After the meeting record notes on what was discussed, including the opportunities and potential barriers identified.
Answer in 150-300 words.

Question B3
Based upon the previous question outline at least 2ares of opportunity for the business to focus their CSR strategy on. Ensure you provide reasons why you have chosen these to focus on."
Answer in 100-200 words.

Task C - Engage stakeholders and implement CSR policy
5A. Instructions
Assessment Task C requires the Candidate to develop policy objectives, and strategies to support implementing CSR for Tight Threads.

Question C1
Now you have to develop CSR policy, objectives and implementation strategies, you need to consult with others.

Set up a meeting with at least two stakeholders.

Use the meeting to:
Emphasise the benefits of CSR
Identify and discuss potential CSR objectives
Discuss inclusions for Tight Threads' CSR policy
Negotiate needed changes to procedures, systems and processes to integrate CSR

After the meeting, record notes of what was discussed, including the feedback received.
Answer in 150-300 words.

Question C2
Develop a CSR policy for Tight Threads. Ensure your policy:
Describes its purpose
Defines its scope
Takes into consideration:
Human rights practices
Labour practices
Environmental practices

Fair trading practices
Consumer relations practices
Community involvement and development practices
Outlines policies and procedures that support the CSR policy

Question C3
Develop a CSR implementation plan for Tight Threads. Ensure your plan outlines:
At least two measurable objectives
Rights and responsibilities for CSR
Defined roles and responsibilities for an organisation-wide implementation of CSR
Change management strategies, including approaches for effective learning and coaching
Communication strategies
Answer in 300-550 words

Question C4
Now you have created your implementation plan and policy it is required you share the documents ready for implementation to the board members.
Write a short email to them ensuring:
Use's professional language
It is addressed correctly.
Explains the purpose of the email and introduces the information you are sharing.
It explains both documents are attached to the email.
Professionally signed off
Answer in 150-250 words.

Task D - Monitor and evaluate CSR policy
6A. Instructions
Assessment Task D requires the Candidate to regularly monitor and evaluate the outcomes of their CSR policy.

Question D1
It's now been 3 months since you implemented the CSR Policy.
Review the 3-month implementation results provided in the case study. Then use a root-cause analysis to make at least two recommendations for improving Tight Threads' policies and practices.
Answer in 150-250 words

Question D2
It's been 6 months since you implemented CSR for Tight Threads.
Review the 6-month implementation results provided in the case study. Then using the headings provided, document an evaluation of:
Identify and explain the key personal required to assist in the review and their expected contributions.
The achieved benefits of CSR
The current success of the CSR implementation against organisational goals

Context for CSR Report: NAME OF BRAND

Introduction
Instructions: Describe the environment and enterprise context for CSR, including which areas of CSR are relevant to the Tight Threads' goals and why

Drivers for CSR
Instructions: Describe and explain Tight Threads' drivers for CSR. Ensuring you identify at least three different drivers. Also make sure you qualify and quantify each driver.

Legislation, regulation, standards and codes of practice impacting CSR
Instructions: Outline key provisions of legislation, regulation, standards and codes of practice that impacts on corporate social responsibility for Tight Threads, including those relating to:
Fair trade
Human rights
Corporate governance

Benefits from implementing CSR
Instructions: Describe current and expected benefits implementing Corporate Social Responsibility will generate for Tight Threads. Ensure you describe at least three different benefits.

CSR Stakeholders
Instructions: Outline stakeholders relevant to CSR. Then describe effective forms of engagement for each stakeholder group. Answer using the table provided below.

8B. CSR Policy template
Instructions: Use the template to detail your CSR Policy:
Replace the parts highlighted in yellow with appropriate information - for example, if you are creating a monitoring report for Bunnings, you would replace "name of brand" with "Bunnings"
Further instructions on information to be included in various sections are provided below

8C. CSR Implementation Plan Template
Instructions: Use the template to detail your CSR implementation plan::
Replace the parts highlighted in yellow with appropriate information - for example, if you are creating a monitoring report for Bunnings, you would replace "name of brand" with "Bunnings"

Attachment:- Case Study.rar