Comparative Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Task:

Choose a recent news/media article that has been published within the last 3 months that concerns a business ethics issue/s and answer the following questions using an essay style format:

1.Provide a short introduction and conclusion

2.Outline and summarize the arguments made in the article including relevant background/history and consider any legal or sanction implications.

3.Discuss the key ethical issue/s/ concerns raised in the article (this can include: corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, leadership etc.

4.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?

5.Outline your ethical decision-making processes aligning your opinion/decision by identifying the most relevant of the seven moral philosophies outlined in the class text book (Chapter 6: Pages 157-177) to support your answer

6.Writing (spelling and grammar), formatting, referencing

7. You must include a copy of the article as an Appendix. If this is not attached you will lose 5 marks. (refer instructions – next page)