Assignment

Topic: Ethical Learning Organisation

Brief

As a group, pick one of the three major Australian Banks- CBA, ANZ or NAB and do the research as per brief below. (NOTE: We will tackle about Commonwealth Bank)

Create name of the Consultancies: - This will create stronger group identity

Groups serve as consultancies participating in a tender to win a bid for a lucrative contract with the Bank. Shattered by a number of ethical scandals the Board of Directors of the Bank has conducted a series of meetings and identified that the Bank needs to learn to be ethical. The Board announced a Tender for the best analysis of the problems and proposals for change. The Bank's Board of Directors represented by its Chairperson will accept all the proposals provided that they:

a) explain repeated ethical scandals through the lens of organisational learning theories;
b) identify the existing barriers to the organisational learning at the Bank; and
c) deliver a set of research-substantiated analytical recommendations assisting the Bank to learn to be ethical.

In a fierce competition only one consultancy will be granted a contract (equals - The winning student group will receive a prize).

I. Introduction

II. Analysis of repeated ethical scandals through the lens of organisational learning theories

III. Analysis of existing barriers to the organisational learning at the Commonwealth Bank

IV. Recommendations to Commonwealth Bank to become an Ethical Learning Organisation

V. Conclusion

VI. References - It must be from be at least 8 academic peer reviewed journal articles and 4 others references e.g. books etc in a total of 12 references .