Topic: Researching Ethical Issues Description: [?]

Preferred language style: English(U.K.)

*Search for examples of two companies who produce social reports where the two
companies are from different industries in the UK(choose Body
Shop,Mark and spencer):

• What differences are evident between the two companies in terms of
the range of
issues dealt with and the depth of coverage on specific issues?
• To what extent can these differences be explained by the industry
differences? What
other explanations might there be?
• Assess the apparent quality of the social accounting approach
utilised by each
company according to Zadek et al.’s (1998)* criteria.
• How appropriate would it be for the two companies to use the same
standardised
approach?
* Zadek, S. (1998), ‘Balancing Performance, Ethics and
Accountability’, Journal of
Business Ethics, vol. 17, pp.1421-1441.

*max limit is 1500 words,reference list (no biblography),harvard
system in referencing and the references incoporated within the text.