You are required to explore the ethical and business dimensions of a chosen issue falling under ONE of the following topics:
1.Ethics and business corruption
2.Ethics and business leadership
3.Ethics and human resource management
4.Ethics and the natural environment
5.Ethics, community values and business practices.
An exploration of the international/global/cross-cultural dimensions of the issue is also encouraged where applicable.
In this assignment you will be expected to:
Clarify which specific issue you will be researching: be specific when setting the boundaries
Conduct a review of the research literature on your selected issue, and summarise your findings in the Background section of the assignment (conduct a database search, operate a selection of secondary data that are directly relevant to the researched issue, and use at least 10 peer reviewed articles as references for your assignment)
Explain the ethical theories you will use to analyse the issue (you can also utilise ethical perspectives from non-Western cultures)
Analyse the issue from the perspective of the selected ethical theories
Assessment Requirements:
Develop a conclusion about what is ethical and/ or unethical within your selected issue. You will need to use ethics to justify your position.
NOTE: The specific issue/ examples chosen cannot include those cases discussed in tutorial classes, though similar issues may be used (e.g. you cannot discuss the Enron case, but you can discuss another case of corrupt business).
The research paper should have the following headings:
♦ Introduction (includes the purpose and outline of the paper)
♦ Background (includes the literature review)
♦ Explanation (presents the applied ethical theories)
Analysis and evaluation (examines the evidence and applies the theory to the specific issue)
♦Personal reflections / Implications for business practice (allows for reference to personal experiences and/or highlights the appropriate business practices recommended by the theoretical principles discussed previously)
♦Conclusion (summarises the findings and recommendations derived from the analysis)