“The social responsibility of business is to increase profit.”Friedman, 1970

Module Title: Business Strategy

Guidance for Final Critical Essay Assessment Students will choose ONE of the two statements to base their final essay on:

Using academic literature and current business examples, critically discuss the use of mergers and acquisitions as simply a way of strategically developing knowledge, compared to other internal and external development options

OR:

“The social responsibility of business is to increase profit.”Friedman, 1970

Critically evaluate this statement, using academic literature and current business examples.