Business Ethics Learning Activity: Corporate Social Responsibility

Please answer the below questions in APA Format. You must ONLY use the references provided and in-text citations is a must. Please also follow the grading RUBIC attached. The professor grades SPECIFIC to the rubic and wants you to look at situation and facts, use course content and apply to facts and then conclusion.

Learning Activity #2: Corporate Social Responsibility: What’s the Big Deal?

One of the most contentious debates among scholars has centered on the proper role for a corporation in the pursuit of its business. In large measure the debate has crystallized around two points of view. On the one hand, some believe that a corporation’s chief responsibility role is to make and maximize profit. This belief has often been referred to as the Friedman Approach in homage to the economist, Milton Friedman. Friedman espoused the view that as long as a corporation stayed within the rules, its only responsibility was to return the maximum profit to its shareholders. On the other hand, other scholars have asserted that the social responsibility for a corporation extends beyond just making a profit and includes a responsibility to act in a manner that promotes and supports the welfare of society at large.

What do you think about this so called “Shareholder vs. Stakeholder” debate? Do you have any personal experiences where you have observed the effects of this debate in terms of corporate actions? On which side of the argument do you come down on and why?