NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Corporate Social Responsibility
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2018 Examination

Assignment Marks: 30

Instructions:

 All Questions carry equal marks.

 All Questions are compulsory
 All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for
question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples,
illustrations as far as possible.
 All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
 Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for
attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the
source of reference.

 Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from
other students is not allowed

 Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.

For Theoretical Answer For Numerical Answer

Assessment Parameter Weightage Assessment Parameter Weightage
Introduction 20% Understanding and usage 20%
Concepts and Application 60% of the formula
related to the question Procedure / Steps 50%
Conclusion 20% Correct Answer & 30%
Interpretation

1. Sustainability is the current focus of business community globally and businesses

worldwide are including sustainability considerations in their strategic business
decisions as well as long term plans. Choose any one current and live company,
Indian or Multinational and explain how it is implementing any three sustainability
 NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Corporate Social Responsibility
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2018 Examination
actions to reduce their negative environmental footprints and why (refer to the
sustainability report of the chosen company) (10 Marks)

2. With the introduction of Companies Act 2013 for the first time CSR has been
legally acknowledged. Study the section 135, CSR rules as well as Schedule VII of
Companies Act 2013. According to you explain 10 logical reasons why in the
Companies Act 2013 CSR spend has been made selectively applicable for
businesses in our country. (10 Marks)

3. “Society is one of the critical stakeholders of business”.

a. How does business impact local community positively as well as negatively?

(5 Marks)

b. With the help of a live example from any company, Indian or Multinational,
elaborate how businesses are finding innovative ways to bring benefits to
themselves as well as to the local communities in which they operate.
(5 Marks)

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