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BUS300 BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY T221
Assessment 1
Assessment type: Group presentation and group report
Assessment topic: Assessment of a company's practices and procedures which highlight a lack of ethical business practices in relation to a code of conduct (internal) or a regulatory environment (external) and potential mitigation strategies that could be put in place to avoid this in future.
Task Details:
The findings of your group report (2500 words) will critically examine the following:
Question: Choose two of the ethical theories discussed in our subject from weeks 1-4 and outline how they may influence decision making within the business environment. Reflect on who could be affected (stakeholders) by unethical action and incorporate this with reference to a recent business scandal post 2007.
Sub Headings
These scandals include but are not limited to the Sub Prime Scandal 2008-2009, Bernie Madoff, Nortel, Foxconn suicides 2010, 2019 shell Nigerian scandal, Turing Pharmaceuticals, Libor rate manipulation 2015, Phone hacking in the UK, FIFA 2015 scandal, BP Deepwater Horizon, VW Dieselgate, Mossack Fonseca Panama papers, Boeing 737Max, Wells Fargo, Facebook- Cambridge Analytica scandal and many more: Students will nominate a scandal by week 4 and a maximum of 3 groups will be allowed to cover the same scandal.
Note: There are more scandals in our set text for you to choose from.
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