What might the impact of social and environmental performance be on a firms overall reputation?
Step 2:  Find your materials. Do a Google search of the topic and find 4-7 solid articles about the topic (the more the number of articles, the better your project will be).  These should be articles and not blogs!  Wikipedia IS NOT an acceptable source although you might find some good sources referenced in a Wikipedia listing (if one is actually available).

3.    Step 3:  Read the articles.  After you find your articles, then read each one (novel concept, I know!). After you read an article, ask yourself What key points did this article bring out? 

4.    Step 4: Write out the points and list references related to the points.  It is important to actually write stuff out as opposed to trying to have stuff simply bouncing around in your mind!  Also, please understand that there will be overlapping points from the articles, and in some cases, the point or points raised may be the same point raised in another article, but just using different words.

5.    Step 5:  Review your notes and come up with 3 major topics from the ones you noted from your articles.  After writing out the key points raised, try to collapse all the points into 3 major ones.  Those three points will be the 3 major topics you will discuss in your paper.

6.    Step 6:  Right up a discussion of each of the three points.  Each major point should get about 3 or so paragraphs devoted to discussing each one!  Dont forget to include the sources with the points.  Also, if you are quoting something from an article, make sure that is put in quotes and the source is cited immediately after the quote.  Dont let me assume that the words are yours if they are not.  That is plagiarism!

7.    Step 7:  Write the conclusion and the introductions.  The paper introduction and conclusion probably should be written after you have a good draft of the three points that you discussed.  The intro (1 solid paragraph) should tell the reader about the topic that is being discussed and the conclusion paragraph (1 solid paragraph) should basically summarize the major points discussed in the paper.  Dont just say that the paper discussed point A, point B, and point C.  Be very specific and intentional about what points were discussed.

8.    Step 8:  The Reference page.  You need to have a bibliography section that includes each cite you made in the paper.  Each cite in the paper should be listed in the bibliography.  The bibliography should not have any cites in it that are not listed in the body of the paper.