Comparative business ethics and social responsibility
Individual Assignment (Reflection Essay) Students will have the opportunity to select a contemporary business ethics case that has been raised in the media within the past three months.
1,500 - 2,000 words
Support argument e.g. a summary of the company's code of conduct and or corporate social responsibility policy.
Choose a recent news/media article that has been published within the last 3 months that concerns a business ethics issues and answer the following questions using an essay style format.
- Provide a short introduction and conclusion
- Outline and summarize the arguments made in the article including relevant (5 marks) background/history and consider any legal or sanction implications.
- Discuss the key ethical issues/concerns raised in the article (this can include: corporate governance ,social responsibility, corporate citizenship, leadership etc.
- In your opinion has/have the most appropriate ethical decisions been made? If so why? If not why not? Provide examples of other ethical cases to support your answer.( if a legal and or sanction imposed, was this(in own opinion) reasonable? Why/why not?
- Outline your ethical decisions-making process aligning your opinion/decision by identifying the most relevant of the seven moral philosophies outlined in the class text book to support your answer.
- Writing(spelling and grammar),formatting, referencing ( Harvard ).