(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
i) if you have an idea for a topic that isn’t listed, please speak to me about it

(2) Address the following questions:

Part one:

a) What is this issue and why is it important?
b) What role does business play in this issue? Why and how are they important to the issue?
c) Describe the key stakeholders around the issue and explain why they are stakeholders.

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, others) in trying to address the issue?

Part three:

g) How should issue should be addressed in the future? What role should business play? What role should other stakeholders (e.g. government, consumers, investors, NGOs) play? Use evidence (i.e. research, statistics, etc.) to support your arguments.
h) What are the potential obstacles or constraints to implementing your suggestion? Explain. How might these obstacles be overcome?

Resources to help
English language resources:
http://umanitoba.ca/student/academiclearning/resources/eal.html
Writing resources:
http://umanitoba.ca/student/academiclearning/