WK 2 Discussions

W2 – D1

Corporate Social   Responsibility

Please read the journal article: “Doing Well by Doing Good: The Benevolent Halo of Corporate Social Responsibility.”

Research and discuss an example of a company action that was legal but not socially responsible. Provide a brief synopsis of the action and defend your points on why the action was not socially responsible. Please ensure to use the journal article as a guide as you define the concept of social responsibility. Please use at least two outside sources (including the journal article) in your discussion.

W2 – D2

Porter’s Five Forces   of Competitive Position Analysis

Read the article “

Porter’s five forces of competitive position analysis (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

” and be sure to use examples from the case study presented in the article “

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” to address the following questions:

• Identify a specific industry and, relying on the information presented in both the article and the case study research,      evaluate the impact of the five forces that drive competition in the industry that you have chosen.
• What unique challenges might one encounter while applying the five forces model to an international business environment such as the one described in the case study?