MBA402 Governance,Ethics,and Sustainability Assessment 3

Assessment 3 Information

Your Task

Part A(10Marks): Conduct a short oral presentation in-class,proposing one United Nations Sustainable Development Goal(UNSDG) that the fictional case study company can adopt as a contribution to sustainability.

PartB(30Marks): Develop a short Management Proposal(1,200words),enabling the case companytoadoptyourproposedSDGwithinan18-monthtimeframe.

Assessment Description

The ability to pitch ideas to senior staff, including a company’s Board and Senior Management

team,is an important workplace skill.

The ability to write a short workplace document such as a Management Proposal isalsohighly valued in the modern workplace.

The Learning Outcomes you will demonstrate in performing this assessment include:

Assessment Instructions

1. Become familiar with the UN Sustainable Development Goals website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals

   Click some of the interactive links, to understand what those goals mean, who benefits from that goal, and what businesses can do to promote sustainable development within and across national boundaries, by adopting one or more of the UN SDGs.

YoumightalsoliketolookattheGlobalSustainableDevelopmentReportfor2023: https://sdgs.un.org/gsdr/gsdr2023

The following video provides an overview of the history and development of the SDGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-xdy1Jr2eg

Part A(Short Oral Presentation)

1. Prepareaslidedeckofbetween3and5slides.Your slides will briefly describe:
   • Your proposed SDG, and the persons or communities that SDG is designed to help.
   • Some actions an Australian business such as YonderWyld might take,to contribute to that SDG.
2. Youwillbeinvitedtospeaktotheseslidesfor3minutesinclassduringyourWeek 11 or Week 12 workshop.

Part B(Management Proposal)

1. Write a Management Proposal(1,200words)outlining a staged approach enabling the case company to target and contribute to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Your report will include the following sections:

• Introduction:Background information(brief description)ofther proposed SDG. Specify outcomes the company can aim for in pursuit of that goal. (200 words)
  • Why YonderWyld? How the company’s resources and expertise could make a significant contribution under this SDG. (100-200 words)
  • Stakeholder analysis of some internal and external stakeholders of the case company,and the roles they might be assigned as beneficiaries or enablers of the SDG. (300 words)
  • Roles and Actions for Board, Management, and the Venture Sales team, in realizing this SDG. This section should specify an ordered sequence of steps,for achieving the proposed outcomes under this SDG. (300 words)
  • Measuring Success: Indicate metrics that would demonstrate the case company’s success in achieving that SDG. These metrics might include people involved, dollars spent, activities undertaken, employment achieved. (200-300 words)
  • References :Include full details of every webpage and source you used for this assessment, including 5 academic sources. References used for your oral presentation power point should be included here. (No word limit).

Important Study Information

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Study Assistance

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