MIM 511 Zumer Project Overview

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MIM 511 – Global Business, Society and Ecology Winter 2010

Throughout the duration of this project, you will examine the key sustainability issues facing the consumer electronics industry. This is an opportunity to directly contribute to the practice of sustainability-based business and consumption!

The research project will:

• Focus on a consumer electronics company from a list provided at the end of this syllabus.
• Be based on data from the company’s most recent Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) report as well as from public institutions, NGOs, research groups, media sources, etc.
• Address the selected set of Zumer categories based on GRI indicators regarding Environment, Society and Product Responsibility provided at the end of the syllabus.
  
  The collected data will:
• Be entered online into the Zumer database as individually referenced “details” on the company’s CSR performance. (Approximately 5 details per indicator).
• Each “Indicator” (i.e. Greenhouse Gases) will be summarized by a 150 word summary.
• Include accurate reference citations.
• Each group member will rate the company’s performance through the Zumer platform.