Q OL 690 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The final project for this course will be the creation of a consulting report. The assessment will be a solution-based approach that will apply the elements of the course to a case study. The student will demonstrate levels of attentiveness and responsiveness that leaders of an organization should observe so as to enhance relationships between an organization and its community. The students will be tasked with applying leadership processes and theories in the development of solutions to a case study. Additionally, this assessment will allow the students to combine theory and practice and apply these concepts to a relevant contemporary situation. This assessment addresses the following course outcomes: • Propose alternative solutions to establish a culture of corporate responsibility including people, planet, and profit • Evaluate the levels of attentiveness and responsiveness that leaders of an organization should embody to enhance relationships between the organization and society • Interpret the health of an organization through the lens of a triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits • Devise a plan to strategically lead an organization to practice responsible corporate behavior for the purpose of developing optimal stakeholder relationships • Evaluate the impact of corporate policies and practices on internal and external stakeholders for leading an organization to operate responsibly Prompt: Attach a 5 - to 7 -page draft of the recommendations and implementation for the company you chose for Milestone One and Milestone Two. This information will be used as part of the final consulting report. Within the recommendations and implementation section, address the following: III. Recommendations For this section of the assessment, you will provide recommendations based on your analysis of the company’s corporate responsibility including people, planet, and profit. A. People: Recommend how this company could improve on its relationships with stakeholders, such as employees or customers. What would the initiatives be within the three dimensions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? How would following these recommendations help the company better achieve its mission? Consider discussing the need for diversity of thought in the makeup of the company’s employees and leadership. B. Planet: Recommend ways this company could improve in terms of its environmental policies. How would the policies affect key stakeholders in the community? Consider providing the company’s present location and exploring the impact of a positive environmental policy on that location. C. Profit: Point out some adjustments that the company might make to remain or become profitable. What is the benefit of profitability to the key stakeholders? Consider giving examples of how other companies have been profitable while operating responsibly. IV. Implementation For this section of the assessment, you will provide deeper insight on how the company could implement your recommendations and promote a culture of responsible corporate behavior. A. People: Illustrate specific steps needed to be taken by the company to implement your recommendations to improve relationships with stakeholders. What are the possible sacrifices that might need to be made? What are some metrics to ensure initiatives within the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion area make a systemic and sustainable change? Think about how implementing these steps can help change the culture of the company. B. Planet: Illustrate immediate steps needed to be taken by the company to implement your recommendations on how to improve in terms of its environmental policies. Consider justifying your response by including how implementing these steps can help change the culture of the company. C. Profit: Illustrate specific steps necessary for the company to remain profitable. How would taking these steps promote a culture of responsible corporate behavior? Consider the cost of the implementation of the changes vs. the overall benefit of the changes. Attach a 1- to 2-page outline of the opportunities for your chosen company; the outline can contain bullet points, listed information, and detailed phrases. This information will be used as part of the final consulting report. Within the Opportunities section, address the following: V. Opportunities A. Predict ways in which relationships with community stakeholders would improve as a result of the new policies. Think about the positive impact these new policies might have on oppressed members of the community. B. Evaluate what ways these policies might help the industry as a whole. How would implementing these policies allow the company to be an industry leader? Consider explaining why becoming an industry leader is important. C. Describe the general outlook for the company’s profitability while still following the recommendations that you are making. How are these recommendations good for business in the short term and the long term? Consider giving examples of possible opportunities for business growth as a result of these policies. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Three should follow these formatting guidelines: a 5- to 7-page draft of the Recommendations and Implementation sections, and a 1- to 2-page outline of the Opportunities section, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA format. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Recommendations: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Recommends how this company Recommends how this company Does not recommend how this 10 People: Relationships details include the need for could improve on its could improve on its company could improve on its diversity in the makeup of the relationships with stakeholders, relationships with stakeholders, relationships with stakeholders, company’s employees and such as employees or customers, such as employees or customers, such as employees or customers leadership as well as DEI through DEI initiatives but details are irrelevant or initiatives cursory and do not mention DEI Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Recommendations: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Recommends ways this company Recommends ways this company Does not recommend ways this 10 Planet: Environmental includes the company’s present could improve in terms of its could improve in terms of its company could improve in terms Policies location and explores the impact environmental policies, based on environmental policies, but of its environmental policies of a positive environmental how the policies affect key details either do not include how policy on that location stakeholders in the community the policies affect stakeholders or are cursory Recommendations: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Points out some adjustments Points out some adjustments Does not point out some 10 Profit: Adjustments includes examples of how other that the company might make to that the company might make to adjustments that the company companies have been profitable remain or become profitable remain or become profitable, might make to remain or become while operating responsibly but details are irrelevant or profitable cursory Implementation: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Illustrates specific steps needed Illustrates specific steps needed Does not illustrate specific steps 10 People: Relationships details include how to be taken by the company to to be taken by the company to needed to be taken by the implementing the steps can help implement recommendations to implement recommendations to company to implement change the culture of the improve relationships with improve relationships with recommendations to improve company including DEI stakeholders including DEI stakeholders, but details are relationships with stakeholders irrelevant or cursory and do not mention DEI Implementation: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Illustrates immediate steps Illustrates immediate steps Does not illustrate immediate 10 Planet: Environmental justifies by including how needed to be taken by the needed to be taken by the steps needed to be taken by the Policies implementing these steps can company to implement company to implement company to implement help change the culture of the recommendations on how to recommendations on how to recommendations on how to company improve in terms of its improve in terms of its improve in terms of its environmental policies environmental policies, but environmental policies details are irrelevant or cursory Implementation: Profit: Meets “Proficient” criteria and Illustrates specific steps Illustrates specific steps Does not illustrate specific steps 10 Remain Profitable details include weighing the cost necessary for the company to necessary for the company to necessary for the company to of the implementation of remain profitable, including how remain profitable, but does not remain profitable changes vs. the overall benefit of taking these steps would include how taking these steps the changes promote a culture of responsible would promote a culture of corporate behavior responsible behavior, or details are irrelevant or cursory Outline of Meets “Proficient” criteria and Outlines the opportunities for Outlines the opportunities for No outline present 30 Opportunities provides detail beyond the the target company and answers the company, but leaves out answers to the supporting completely the supporting details or answers to the suggestions parameters supporting parameters Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Articulation of Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors Submission has critical errors 10 Response related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization and is presented in a that negatively impact that prevent understanding of professional and easy-to-read readability and articulation of ideas format main ideas Total 100%