INSTITUTIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY SOURCES Tonia Joseph-Armstrong Course University INSTITUTIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY SOURCES American Psychological Association The kind of information available in this source is advancing psychology to improve the peoples’ life and benefit the society. The APA consists of various scientific research carried out on issues that affect the society. Some of the topics carried out are Abortion, Addiction, Disasters, Depression, Ethics, Environment, Education, Human Rights, Law and Psychology, Immigration, Parenting, Marriage and Divorce, etc. The information contained in this organizational source is relevant to my research topic because my research topic also concerns the issues that affect the society. Thus, some of the topics in this organizational source can provide some information that would be relevant to my research. Finally, it would be ethical to include some of the information contained in this source to my research topic. This is because this source contains some research work with relevant information to my topic. Link: http://www.apa.org/topics/index.aspx National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) The kin of the information contained in this source how to scientifically identify the causes & consequences of drug abuse & addiction. The main target is the application of scientific knowledge to improve the people’s life & public health. The impacts of drug abuse and the mechanisms of treatment and prevention of drug abuse are also covered. The information contained in this organizational source is relevant to my research topic because my topic concerns the issue that affects the society. Drug abuse is also one of the issues that affect the society today. Moreover, it would be ethical to include some of the information contained in this source in my research topic. This is simply because this source contains some information that might be relevant to my research. Link: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-drugabuse-nida References http://www.apa.org/topics/index.aspx https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-drug-abuse-nida Running head: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES Savior C Wright Walden University 1 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES 2 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES Corporate Social Responsibility The articles, “May, S. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility. How Corporates’ can become Socially Responsible 1-123. doi:10.1002/9781118083246.ch5” has really help me to develop a better understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility. This is because the article outlines clearly that companies have a role to play in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Based on this article, the organization can promote CSR by ensuring that there is transparency in its operations, an act that builds public trust and confidence. Most importantly, this article emphasizes the promotion of CSR through community support and innovation. The strength of this article is that it has highlighted the main ways of promoting Corporate Social Responsibility. It has also outlined the importance of CSR such an increase in the public trust and confidence. However, this article has several weaknesses. Firstly, it has outlined only a few ways of promoting CSR while excluding some important strategies such as control of environmental pollution, empowerment of the society, and volunteer programs. Moreover, there is a lot of generalization in this article without specific ways of promoting Corporate Social responsibility. The external threat to the validity of this article is that promoting CSR through transparency depends on the behavior and moral standards of the organization’s management. The second articles, “Thomsen, S. (2015). Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Importance Corporate Social Responsibility, 1(2), 1-67. Doi: 10.1057/9780230599574_4” helps me in understanding the role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the society and how organizations can enhance it. The main strength of this article is that it has captured several aspects that enhance CSR such as the formulation of policies to integrate the environment, social, human rights, ethics and consumer concerns. However, the QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES 3 weakness of this article is that the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility has not been emphasized. However, the potential threat that is likely to affect the validity of this article is lack of acknowledgement of the role CRS plays in the society. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES 4 References May, S. (2016). Organizational Responsibility. Communication Communication and Corporate and Social Corporate Social Responsibility, 1-123. doi:10.1002/9781118083246.ch5 Thomsen, S. (2015). Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Importance Corporate Social Responsibility, 1(2), 1-67. doi:10.1057/9780230599574_4 Running head: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Corporate Social Responsibility Student’s Name Institution Affiliation CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2 These peer-reviewed articles have helped me in have a deeper understanding of corporate social responsibility. This paper discusses the importance of each article and what I have learned from them. May, S. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility. How Corporates’ can become Socially Responsible 1-123. doi:10.1002/9781118083246.ch5 This article has helped me learn how companies can improve corporate social responsibility. The first way is practicing transparency. Company managers are advised not to try to divert attention or obfuscate from the way it conducts business. Businesses should be aggressive and embrace transparency. Also, they should adopt best practices to earn trust and honesty from its customers. The second way is making sustainable purchasing decisions. Engaging in fair business practices makes the company get admired by the customers. The third way discussed in the article being actively involved in activities of the community. Other ways include supporting the local community and encouraging innovation. Thomsen, S. (2015). Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Importance Corporate Social Responsibility, 1(2), 1-67. Doi: 10.1057/9780230599574_4 This article has helped me understand the role of corporate social responsibility. I have learned that companies that have committed to CSR have enhanced their reputation of what they stand for in the cynical business world. The article singled out CSR as an essential element of a firm's competitiveness. Companies are required to formulate policies and procedures which will help in integrating environmental, social, human rights, ethics and consumer concerns into its CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 3 operations. Finally, it has helped me understand the significance of companies having a positive impact the society they exist. I find the article on ways on how companies can become socially responsible to be more compelling because it not only discusses the importance of corporate social responsibility but also how companies can become socially responsible. Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research The concept of trustworthiness in qualitative research deals with establishing findings which are confirmable, dependable, transferable and credible. This is because, in qualitative research, researchers do not use instruments which have established metrics of reliability and validity. The two article research articles I reviewed have represented the truth of the matter on the ground, they can be applied other contexts, the results are based on findings from participants and if the researchers are repeated consistent findings can be found. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY References Freeman, M., DeMarrais, K., Preissle, J., Roulston, K., & St. Pierre, E. A. (2007). Standards of Evidence in Qualitative Research: An Incitement to Discourse. Educational Researcher, 36(1), 25-32. doi:10.3102/0013189x06298009 May, S. (2016). Organizational Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility. Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility, 1-123. doi:10.1002/9781118083246.ch5 Polkinghorne, D. E. (2005). Qualitative Research and Media Psychology. Oxford Handbooks Online. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398809.013.0008 Shenton, A. K. (2004). Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Education for Information, 22(2), 63-75. doi:10.3233/efi-2004-22201 Thomsen, S. (2015). Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Importance Corporate Social Responsibility, 1(2), 1-67. doi:10.1057/9780230599574_4 4 
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