Learning Outcomes

* Discuss the principles and focus of community engagement as they relate to the relationship between business and marginalised ordisadvantaged communities.

* Evaluate the ethical and social responsibility of participants in business community organisations.

Purpose

The purpose of thisassessment is for students to develop a social innovation concept and topresent it in a report. In this assessment you are required toconsider theoretical and practical aspects of social innovation.

You are free to choosean existing community organisation and create a social innovation fortheir client group or you can develop an entirely new concept that youare passionate about.

You need to considerthe following issues: the common good, financial environmen ethical implications implementation challenges.

A suggested structure for your report follows

• · Executive Summary (200 words)
• · Discussion of social innovation and community engagement theory (500 words)
• ·Description of your proposed social innovation and how your socialinnovation contributes to the common good (400 words)
• · Conduct a SWOT, PESTLE and offer discussion on the possible funding and ethical implications of your social (500 words)
• · Overview and briefly discuss the challenges for implementation (300 words)
• · Conclusion (100 words)
• · References
• · Appendices (optional)

Youare required to research and use at least 10 scholarly sources tosupport your discussion. This will include benchmarks from other socialinnovations, business reports and articles. In addition, websites maybe used sparingly if they are of direct relevance.