CSR of Manufacturing Industry in Australia

This document explores the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the manufacturing industry in Australia. It discusses the impact of CSR, important aspects taken by the industry, responsibilities towards society and the environment, and operational endeavors. The document also explains the process of data collection through questionnaires and how it helps in evaluating CSR practices.

CSR of manufacturing
industry in Australia

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Identification, description and history of the particular data collection used..............................4
Justification and explanation for particular data collection instrument.......................................5
Assessment on how the particular collection of data is validated...............................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

MAIN BODY
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the most effective approach as it is one of
the self- regulated business model that helps company to be socially and ethically accountable.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Do you think corporate social responsibility has a positive impact on the company?
 Yes
 No
 Maybe
2. According to you what are the important aspects taken by manufacturing industry to comply
with corporate social responsibility practice?
3. According to you what are the responsibility of the manufacturing industry towards society
of Australia?
 Engaging in charitable events
 Improving labour policies
 Reduced carbon footprint
4. What is the responsibility of the corporate company towards the environment of Australia?
 Environmental protection
 Prevention of pollution
 Preserving natural resources
5. According to you what are the operational endeavours undertaken by the manufacturing
company in order to comply with corporate social responsibility initiative?
6. Do you agree, donation helps in improving the corporate responsibility of the company?
 Agreed
 Highly agreed
 Disagreed
 Highly disagreed
 Neutral
Identification, description and history of the particular data collection used.
Data collection is an effective process of measuring and collecting data based on the
particular targeted variables. It is very useful in enabling relevant answers to the particular

question in order to effectively evaluate particular outcomes (Krosnick, 2018). Data collection is
very useful in evaluating the various research problem by effectively developing hypothesis.
Data can be collected with the help of primary method and secondary method. Primary data is
the method when the researcher wants to explore new information related with corporate social
responsibility of manufacturing industry in Australia. Such data can be collected with the help of
questionnaire, survey, interviews, polls, etc. Secondary data collection method is used to further
investigate the particular research data. Such information has already been collected earlier and
can be further used to further investigate the particular subject matter. Data collection is one of
the effective measures to effectively gather and measure information by considering various
variable interest.
A questionnaire is designed which helps in collecting the valid and reliable information
from large number of individuals in order to gain accurate data for the particular research study.
Designing of questionnaire is one of the effective process which h helps in collecting data from
large number of respondents (Church and Waclawski, 2017). Questionnaire is designed on the
basis of aim, objectives and research questions of the particular area of study. It is very useful in
collecting varied viewpoints of various respondents, collection of demographics, recording of
observation. A standard and structured designed questionnaire is useful in providing the
quantifiable results and outcomes for gaining insight on the important aspects taken by
manufacturing industry to comply with corporate social responsibility practice. It is very useful
in gaining fast results, easy analysis, comparability, scalability, validity and reliability of the
data. At the time of designing a questionnaire, all the stages of survey design must be effectively
considered in order to valid and reliable information related with corporate social responsibility
of manufacturing industry in Australia. Questionnaires are effectively designed to effectively
determine the valid information. In order to effectively design a questionnaire, researcher should
focus on studying the protocol, develop a plan of analysis, formulation of list of information
needed, designing various different parts of a questionnaire, write all the necessary questions,
deciding an order of the questions, completion of questionnaire and verifying the style and
content of questions. Questionnaires are designed in such a way that answer to specific question
helps in summing the scores to obtain overall measure of the opinion of the respondents.
Designing of a questionnaire is very important as it is very useful in collecting accurate and
relevant data in order to gain results which are generalisable and interpretable (Rahi, 2017). A

standard questionnaire helps in effectively providing quantifiable answer for the particular area
of study. Questionnaire is designed with the help of multiple grid in order to make it systematic,
professional and presentable. In case the survey questionnaire is carried out online then all the
necessary specifications such as click button, status bar, etc. layout should be created. Drop
down box, open ended box, pop up instruction box, check box, etc. are effective measures to
design a particular questionnaire.
Justification and explanation for particular data collection instrument.
Surveys are one of the most effective tool which helps researcher in gaining in- depth
information for the particular subject matter related with corporate social responsibility of
manufacturing industry in Australia (Patten, 2016). This approach is used because it is useful in
evaluating the viewpoints of various respondents. Surveys are used in order to increase the
knowledge on responsibility of the corporate company towards the environment of Australia.
Survey is useful in assessing opinions, thoughts and feeling of the respondent. It is also very
useful as it is specific and limited and helps in reaching widespread goals. Sample survey is
useful in asking detailed and specific question (Survey Question Sequence, Flow, & Style Tips,
2019). Questionnaire is an effective method to collect data because it is relatively easy to
interpret and analyse the results of various respondents. It has the capability to target large
audience in order to gather accurate and relevant results which in turn helps in drawing valid
conclusion and leads to take important decision. It is very useful in assessing the characteristics
which are to be tested and could have not been evaluated otherwise. Survey through
questionnaire method is useful as it leads to less burden of respondents. It is also useful in
gathering relevant information quickly and efficiently.