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CAES9920 Academic Communication for Business & Economics

Assessment 1: Academic Essay (40%)

The academic essay aims to assess whether students are able to effectively demonstrate understanding of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) from a corporate perspective, control their use of sources and adopt an academic tone and style appropriate for writing tasks within a business and economics context at university. It allows students to demonstrate achievement in the following learning outcomes:

• Evaluate, extract and synthesize relevant information from business and economics sources for use in academic and professiona l writing

• Demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate structure and features of academic and business writing

• Select and acknowledge information sources in writing accurately using appropriate referencing and citation

Assessment question

Is Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) beneficial to a company’s performance? What approach should companies therefore take towards ESG? Illustrate your answer with reference to at least two companies within one particular industry.

Word count: 1200 words (minimum: 1100 words; maximum: 1270 words) (not including the reference list）