The assignment provided is a collection of research papers and articles that focus on the external environment's influence on business ethics, stakeholder theory, and business performance. The documents cover topics such as corporate social responsibility, knowledge discovery in databases, and the role of external environment in upper echelons theory. The summary includes references to specific studies, including one on the impact of external monitoring effect of financial analysts on corporate fraud in China, and another on the suitability of study visits to external companies as a strategy for familiarising students with a business environment.