Course Basics
This document contains the lesson plans and activities for each class meeting
The Course Agenda (google doc)
This stage is about finding credible and diverse perspectives to support or enhance evidence
Research
Instrumental/Deliberative Published and Unpublished Communication
Communication Tool
These projects involve charitable giving and community engagement, often in partnership with nonprofits.
Philanthropic
For this project you conducted a formal inquiry over a 10-week period, annotating two (2) sources/week, on an instructor-specified workplace topic, providing informal status reports and submitting a compiled [blank blank]
Research Log
This challenge-based activity kicked off the first day of class.
What is the Marshmallow Challenge?
This stage is helpful for identifying areas of improvement and seeing how others are approaching a similar task
Feedback
A consumer's belief that a company's CSR efforts are reliable
Trust
These projects focus on promoting equity, diversity, and equal opportunities within communities and workplaces
Social Justice
For this project you are currently composing a genre that functions for recommending a strategy for addressing a workplace issue.
Proposal
To request an extension, a student must write an email with these requirements
The name of assignment and the specific date for the intended submission
This state of writing is beyond the stages of the writing process in order. The stages become simultaneous, back and forth, fluid, and flexible.
Post-process
An individuals awareness and understanding of a corporations CSR activities that were obtained through both direct and indirect experiences with the corporation
Consumer Knowledge
These projects aim to reduce a company's negative environmental impact and promote sustainability.
Environmental
For this project composed two common business genres
Business Correspondence
Name one of the times every week dedicated to the instructor being available for the students
This stage is about generating curiosities and producing ideas
Brainstorming/Invention
The openness of CSR information disclosed including both good and bad
Transparency
These efforts focus on business decisions that have a positive economic and social impact.
Economic
For the project you worked collaboratively (in pairs or trios), drawing from secondary research, to compose a genre focused on background information that responds to an instructor- specified scenario
(Group) Report
The name of the textbook for this class is
Successful Writing at Work. Concise
This stage is where the magic happens; when a writer can fine tune and make adjustments for clarity, conciseness, and coherence
Revision
a perception representative if a company's past and future prospects that describe the firm's appeal to all of its key constituents
Brand Reputation
These projects focus on promoting fair labor practices, human rights, and business integrity throughout a company's operations.
Ethical
For this project you engaged in research, analyzed a job posting, and drafted hiring materials, including a resume, cover letter, and a professional skills inventory
Employment Documents