Reflective Account of CSR and Partnerships

CSR and
Partnerships - Part
2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Reflective account........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Reflective writing is said to an analytical practice wherein an individual describes real
scene or event and adds personal reflection on meaning (Race, 2019). Writing reflective account
provides effective learning way to understand about topic and learning of person. For the
research working, I adopted interpretivism philosophy for better supporting qualitative as well as
theoretical information. Moreover, inductive approach is also used be me to better scan and
analysis in depth information so to learn about the topic. The existing project is an individual
reflection writing that includes understanding, feeling and learning from the module of CSR and
Partnerships.
MAIN BODY
Reflective account
The entire journey of my research about CSR and partnership was informative and
knowledgeable for me which have enriched my understanding together with awareness for
evaluating issues concerned with lack of transparency in corporate governance of Aston Martin.
The present reflective account is all about my understanding and learning that is gained be me in
research process. For having systematic addition to more valuable process of learning, Gibb's
learning cycle is utilised by me. It includes several stages that comprises entire my
understanding, learning and feeling of personal experience from the research process (Gordon,
2016). The stages are as follows:
Description of experience: My experience in the research process was satisfactory as I
learned about CSR and its importance with Automotive industry. I learned about corporate social
responsibility which is a kind of international private organisational self regulation that have aim
to contribute for goals of philanthropic, charitable nature, etc through engaging and supporting
ethically oriented practices. For my research work about the topic that is to evaluate issues
related to lack of transparency in Corporate Governance of Aston Martin, I understood that the
corporate social responsibility is important for a business as it empowers them to leverage
resources for doing good and providing positive atmosphere to society. In the research working, I
also gained huge knowledge about certain issues that company such as Aston Martin faced
because of lack of transparency within corporate governance. Some of issues that I identified are
conflicts of interest, oversight challenges, violation of ethics and many more as the shareholders
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