McDonald Social Responsibility Paper

The
signature assignment for this course will require research, academic
writing, critical thinking, and analysis on a current issue facing the
areas of managerial ethics and social responsibility. Through this
assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to conduct academic
research. The signature assignment requires a minimum 20-page (not
including cover page, abstract, table of contents, and references),
double-spaced, APA formatted academic research paper. Please note that
this course requires you to focus your research based on existing
research literature from peer-reviewed articles.

The academic research paper will include the basic components of an non-empirical research paper which requires the following:

• An introduction
  • Identification of the contemporary ethical management or social responsibility problem to be addressed;
  • A purpose statement;
  • Significance of the issue under study;
• A literature review; and
• A conclusion (recommendations and managerial implications)

The topic proposal should
be 2-3 paragraphs identifying the current issue(s) facing the area of
managerial ethics and social responsibility that you wish to study.