OL 326 Milestone Two Guidelines
and Rubric
The final project for this course
is the creation of a case study analysis and strategy proposal. In Milestone
Two, submit Section II: Analysis of Social
Responsibility and Section III:
Ethical Decision-Making of the final project.
The purpose of this project is to
analyze and critique an organization based on what is expected within a
corporate strategy in regard to social responsibility.
Prompt: Submit Sections II and III
of the final project, which are the analysis of social responsibility and
ethical decision making.
Specifically, the following
critical elements must be addressed:
II. Analysis of Social
Responsibility. In this part of the project, you will begin your analysis of
the case study, examining how the strategy plan of the
organization in the case study
considers social responsibility.
a) Analyze the organization’s
strategy plan for compliance with the current acceptable standards or norms
relative to social responsibility today.
b) Analyze the organization’s
strategy plan for any gaps in social responsibility that might be potential
risks to internal and external stakeholders.
c) Predict the potential positive
and negative impacts to internal and external stakeholders regarding social
responsibility that would result from
the strategy plan. In other words,
what might happen to the employees and/or people involved in the company
regarding social responsibility
from this strategy plan? You could
consider both the present and future impacts.
d) Critique the evolution of
strategy planning related to social responsibility within the organization. In
other words, what may have influenced the
evolution of strategy planning
related to social responsibility unique to this organization?
e) Explain how this organization
is or is not consistent with regard to social responsibility when compared
within its own industry and when
compared to outside industries. Be
sure to justify your response.
III. Ethical Decision-Making. In
this part of the project, you will continue your analysis of the case study,
examining how the strategy plan of the organization
considers ethics in
decision-making processes.
a) Analyze the organization’s
strategy plan for decision-making processes that it employs. In other words,
based on the strategy plan, how does the
organization make decisions?
b) Explain how aspects of ethics
were considered in the decision-making processes of the organization. In other
words, what were the ethical
considerations related to social
responsibility in the decisions made by the organization? You could consider
the connection between ethics and
organizational decision making and
how ethics influence those decisions.
c) Analyze the organization’s
strategy plan for any gaps in the decision-making process that could be
considered potential risks to internal and
external stakeholders.





