(1) Choose one of the following topics:
a) Climate change
b) Gender or racial inequality
c) Income inequality
d) Indigenous issues in Canada
e) Working conditions/labour issues
f) Animal Rights
g) Pollution
h) intellectual property/patents
2) Address the following questions:
Part one:
a) What is this issue and why is it important?
b) Why and how is business an important player in this issue?
c) Who are the key stakeholders? Explain
Part two:
d) Pick any two debates we covered in class (CSR, shareholder/stakeholder, short-term/long-term, corporate power) and explain how and why they are relevant to the issue you are examining? Explain your answer in the most convincing way possible.
e) How has business sought to address this issue?
f) What has been the role of other stakeholders (e.g. government, NGOs) in trying to address the issue?
Part three:
g) Make an argument for how this issue should be addressed in the future. What role should business play? What role should other stakeholders (e.g. government, consumers, investors, NGOs) play?
h) What are the potential obstacles or constraints to implementing your suggestion? Explain. How might these obstacles be overcome?