Assignment Instructions/ Description
(2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2) – Online Forum Posts and Written Report
Outcome 2:Understand business objectives from an ethical perspective
Outcome 3:Understand ethics in workplace relationships
2.1 explain how business objectives are affected by ethical considerations
2.2 evaluate the implications for a business and its stakeholders to operate ethically
3.1 assess the role of the company acting as moral agent
3.2 analyse the development of mechanisms for achieving employee involvement and
empowerment
You are keen to discuss with your colleagues the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a more ethical approach to running Cocoa Products Ltd. You decide to prepare a report about the issues andto discuss the pros and cons in an online forum. You may choose to argue for the company to take a more ethical approach or toargue against it.
You need to report on the following points (i, ii and iii)with respect to each of the three areas of concern (1, 2 and 3) where ethics can have a significant impact on business decisions:
(i) the ethical objectives of the company and how they affect other business objectives, AND
(ii) the options and mechanisms for taking a more ethical course of action, AND
(iii)the impact on the stakeholders and the business from taking that course of action;
as applied to:
1. The environment
2. Trading fairly
3. Workplace relationships – include an assessment of the contractual and moral obligations owed by the employer to an employee and analyse how mechanisms can be developed to increase employee participation in decision making
You are required to contribute at least 2 posts to the online discussion forum on Moodlebetween 11th and 30th September 2017putting forward your arguments for supporting or not supporting the proposal that the business should follow ethical guidelines when making decisions which impact the 3 areas listed above.
In addition, you are be required to hand in a full written report following the guidelines above and identifying whether you are for or against the organization taking a more ethical approach to businessin each of the three areas and explaining the arguments you propose.
You can complete the report first and adapt 2 parts from it for contributions to the forum on Moodle.
M1, M2, M3 to Achieve a Merit Grade, you should be able to:
· Show that you have used several sources to research the topics and have submitted your work on time
· Use clear, well-reasoned, logical arguments put forward at the forum and in your written report
· Make effective judgments at the forum about the issues raised by you and your colleagues
.D1, D2 to Achieve a Distinction Grade, you should be able to:
· Justify the conclusions you have reached when delivering the arguments for or against the proposal
· Show that you have independently contributed to the forum
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