Sustainability Issue In Business
Case needs to be ongoing with no resolution as there needs to be a recommendation made on what the company should do to resolve it. Please confirm the issue with me before starting. This task is an individual academic case study report of a current ethical and/or sustainability issue in business. This is a lengthy piece of work that has been designed to both assess your learning in the subject, as well as being a vehicle for learning itself. By selecting a case study based on events and issues that are of personal interest and relevance to you, you will be able to deeply engage with your chosen topic. This will mean that the assignment is not simply a matter of testing whether you have learned what is covered in class, but rather it is a learning experience in and of itself. Central to this learning will be your ability to develop your own perspectives, argument, and critical appreciation of ethical issues related to business; these are skills and sensitivities that can in turn guide you in your current and/or future professional practice. Please manage your time well in completing this assessment it cannot be done at the last minute. Instructions: The first step is to identify a case study of business ethics and/or sustainability that has been reported in the news. The idea is to select a case for which ample information is available in the public domain. The events in the case must be ongoing. There are many possible types of cases that you can choose, and it is recommended that you choose a case that is related to your own personal interests. Examples include, but are not limited to: Corporate scandals Corruption cases Tax avoidance/evasion Corporate fraud Unfair business practises Illegal corporate activity Environmental disasters Climate change and business Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Waste management Worker exploitation Positive ethical/sustainability programs Issues in international business ethics Once you have selected your case, you will need to identify sources of information on which to base your report. The information you use should be from the public domain. This could include: newspaper articles (online and print) – magazine articles (online and print) – television programs (e.g. news and documentaries) All sources must be cited. Once you are familiar with the case, you will need to analyse it using relevant academic readings. Write about the main ethical/sustainability issues that are in place. Who and what are the key stakeholders involved? How have they been affected by these issues? Are the issues mentioned organisation-specific, industry/sector-wide, or of a national or global nature? Report structure: Introduction (<. 500 words): Introduce the nature of the case, the ways that it relates to business ethics and/or sustainability, and summarise the main arguments that will be made. Case description (750-1000 words): Provide a description of the case by outlining any relevant background information, telling the story of what happened, describing which people and institutions were involved, and the effects of what happened. Analysis of ethical and/or sustainability issues (750-1000 words): Apply the relevant academic readings in this subject outline, textbooks, Journal of Business Ethics articles, and/or other academic articles related to business ethics to evaluate the events in the case. Assess these events in relation to who was effected (positively or negatively) and how ethical issues were or were not accounted for by the actions of the major stakeholders. Key learnings (<500 words): Based on your analysis, summarise what can be learned from the case both for the organisation and in terms of your own key take outs. Conclusion (<500 words): Summarise the main points and conclusions of your report. Source data references: List out the sources of information you used for the case study. Academic References: List the academic articles and/or books that you referenced in the report.
