Gr+10+CSR


 * Grade 10 Globalisation / Corporate Social Responsibility Project **

Get ready with these resources! Your project is strong on current affairs, but also requires background reading. There is a lot of bias seeing CSR from the corporates' point of view versus others. The documentary Shadows of Liberty offers an opinion on how to be careful checking news items.... Click on the links to go....


 * Assignment & Rubric **


 * [|Mr Barnes Google Site] **


 * BBC descriptions for the companies under your scrutiny **

Shadows of Liberty - trailer of new documentary on how corporates own the news (www.shadowsofliberty.org). The docu can be downloaded and shown for free. media type="youtube" key="_SAUborWbPw" height="207" width="368"

for balanced opinions --> do an advanced search: limit domain to the country affected by the corporate company's activities. List of country codes here

Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the world. Use it with care and try to check the references at the bottom of the page. Use these if you can!

Search the Online Library Catalogue from the Wiki. Type in Search Term below and hit either Title/Author/Subject/Keyword. Good Keywords? "Social responsibility", "Poverty Prevention", etc. If no result comes up for your search, check with your Librarian.

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Online Magazines The Amazing Library Wiki offers access to the Economist and Time Magazine online with full access to archives, easy to search. Just type in your chosen company and see what they have to say.

An Online Database that organises different viewpoints on a topic for you. Might be really useful for this particular project. It's on the Online Databases page.

Last but not LEAST, your citations and references! Click on the link to the Bibliography Guide. Read this guide - at least once in your life? - so you are prepared. Easybib allows you to create an account and a project, in which you can save your citations. Do NOT USE MS Word for your citations. It is out of date.

1. Create a Turnitin personal account (you can use this throughout Gr 10, 11 and 12) 2. Enrol in your teacher's class and submit your work in the appropriate assignment. 3. Check that whatever Turnitin highlights (text it finds that is not your own) is referenced and cited.

Beware of this one: :)