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1 © May not be copied or duplicated without the permission of the owner. MANA 374 - Sustainable Management Assignment 2 (Individual) Instructions Note: this material is designed for use as part of MANA 374 at Concordia University and is the property of the instructor unless otherwise stated. Copying this material for distribution (e.g. uploading material to a commercial third-party website) can lead to a violation of Copyright law. Assignment Description This assignment will draw from the reading United Nations Global Compact. (2015). Roadmap for Integrated Sustainability, which can be found at https://www.unglobalcompact.org/take-action/leadership/integrate-
sustainability/roadmap (Lesson 6). To complete this assignment, you will also need to refer to the learning content contained in Lesson 5, 6, and 7. This assignment will provide you with an opportunity to (1) analyze the extent to which sustainability has been integrated into a company and (2) recommend a key next step for further integrating sustainability. For this assignment, you will consider the company that you investigated for Assignment 1 - Lululemon
. This is an individual assignment. Assignment Details 1. As a first step, research the company’s approach to sustainability. Based on your findings, provide an overview about the company’s approach to sustainability (200 to 300 words)
2. Review the company’s approach to sustainability considering the reading from Lesson 6: Global Compact’s Roadmap for Integrated Sustainability - Sustainability Stages Model. Include a discussion about sustainability integration across priority functions (
≤ 500 words)
3. Discuss governance and leadership in relation to content from Lesson 5’s readings and site materials. (
≤ 300 to 500 words)
4. Based on your analysis, recommend a key next step that could help the company progress to the next sustainability stage. (
≤ 500 words)
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2 © May not be copied or duplicated without the permission of the owner. Your Analysis and Recommendation for Integrated Sustainability
should be no more than 1,500 words and should reference sources using the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style. The Concordia University Library provides general APA citation style guidance
. The references do not count towards your total word count. Any images and charts should be provided in the body of the document (not as appendices). Learning Outcomes Upon completing this assignment, you should be able to: •
Evaluate a company
’s approach to sustainability (including it
s approach to governance, leadership, and functional integration), and; •
Provide a specific recommendation to further integrate sustainability into the company. Please note: assignment instructions for use in Fall 2023 permission granted by the author (Dr. Shannon Lloyd).
3 © May not be copied or duplicated without the permission of the owner. Rubric (for each company)
Point
s Grade: Category Poor or Marginal <7 Satisfactory 7-8 Very Good 8-9 Outstanding 9-10 20 Company’ approach to sustainabilit
y Inadequate understanding of the company’s approach to sustainability Basic understanding of the company’s approach to sustainability Solid understanding of the company’s approach to sustainability Exceptional understanding of the selected company’s approach to sustainability 20 Sustainabilit
y Stages Model Inadequate analysis of current sustainability stage (not in line with the Sustainability Stages Model, little/no evidence) Adequate analysis of current sustainability stage (mostly in line with Sustainability Stages Model, some evidence) Solid analysis of current sustainability stage (interesting, in line with Sustainability Stages Model, solid evidence) Exceptional analysis of current sustainability stage (novel, interesting, in line with Sustainability Stages Model, multiple pieces of solid evidence) 20 Priority Functions Inadequate determination of key functions for strategy, value creation, and sustainability integration (not in line with Roadmap, little/no evidence) Adequate determination of key functions for strategy, value creation, and sustainability integration (mostly in line with Roadmap, some evidence) Solid determination of key functions for strategy, value creation, and sustainability integration (logical, in line with Roadmap, solid evidence) Exceptional determination of key functions for strategy, value creation, and sustainability integration (logical, in line with Roadmap, multiple pieces of solid evidence) 20 Leadership and Governance Inadequate assessment of the role of leadership and governance in advancing sustainability integration (illogical, little/no evidence) Adequate assessment of the role of leadership and governance in advancing sustainability integration (mostly logical, some evidence) Solid assessment of the role of leadership and governance in advancing sustainability integration (interesting, logical, solid evidence) Exceptional assessment of the role of leadership and governance in advancing sustainability integration (novel, interesting, logical, multiple pieces of solid evidence) 20 Recommend
-ation Problematic recommendation (illogical, not clear, not supported by analysis, not supported by content covered in lessons 5-7, or unlikely to advance sustainability integration) Relevant recommendation (logical, clear, generally supported by analysis, generally supported by content covered in lessons 5-7, may advance sustainability integration) Solid recommendation (interesting, logical, clear, well supported by analysis, well supported by content covered in lessons 5-7, would most likely advance sustainability integration) Exceptional recommendation (novel, interesting, logical, clear, highly supported by analysis, highly supported by content covered in lessons 5-7, would undeniably advance sustainability integration)
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