Business Management 1A
MNB1501
Department of Business Management
Assignment 02 for Semester 02 (compulsory)
Unique Number 650195
Due Date: 18 September 2020
THE PRESCRIBED BOOKS
The prescribed book (which you must purchase yourself) for both modules (MNB1501 & MNB1601)
is: 1. BJ Erasmus, JW Strydom, S Rudansky-Kloppers. 2019. Introduction to Business Management.
11th edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
PLEASE NOTE
Assignment 02 covers chapters 5 to 10 in the prescribed book.
STUDY UNIT 5: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
It is recommended that you read business case number 4: “Corporate Social Responsibility:
South African Breweries” (in the recommended book “Business Cases”) before attempting to
answer question 1 to 4. It is not compulsory that you do so, as the answers to the assignment
questions can be found in ITBM.
QUESTION 1
SAB’s investors must be provided with a means to query and assess the actions of the board and its
committees. This is known as which one of the characteristics of good corporate governance?
1 Independence
2 Fairness
3 Responsibility
4 Accountability
Answer:
Refer to the prescribed textbook:
5.3.1.2 Primary principles of good governance
MNB1501
Department of Business Management
Assignment 02 for Semester 02 (compulsory)
Unique Number 650195
Due Date: 18 September 2020
THE PRESCRIBED BOOKS
The prescribed book (which you must purchase yourself) for both modules (MNB1501 & MNB1601)
is: 1. BJ Erasmus, JW Strydom, S Rudansky-Kloppers. 2019. Introduction to Business Management.
11th edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
PLEASE NOTE
Assignment 02 covers chapters 5 to 10 in the prescribed book.
STUDY UNIT 5: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
It is recommended that you read business case number 4: “Corporate Social Responsibility:
South African Breweries” (in the recommended book “Business Cases”) before attempting to
answer question 1 to 4. It is not compulsory that you do so, as the answers to the assignment
questions can be found in ITBM.
QUESTION 1
SAB’s investors must be provided with a means to query and assess the actions of the board and its
committees. This is known as which one of the characteristics of good corporate governance?
1 Independence
2 Fairness
3 Responsibility
4 Accountability
Answer:
Refer to the prescribed textbook:
5.3.1.2 Primary principles of good governance
