Ethical Issues Regarding Rana Plaza Collapse
Need at least 5 other news article or journal article apart from the one I have provided. Referencing Harvard style. In text citation is necessary. Altogether the word limit should be 3700, excluding references list. Part A should be 1500 and part B should be 1500. The rest is executive summary, introduction and conclusion.In April 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed upon its workforce, killing approximately 1,200 workers and injuring about another 2,000. The incident served to highlight the plight of low-paid Bangladeshi workers forced to work in dangerous conditions for the profit of big multinationals and shoppers in first world countries who want $2 shirts.
You are to investigate what happened at Rana Plaza and identify the ethical issues involved. Explain whether these issues are particularly difficult or unique to multinational companies (MNCs).
Part B (1,500 words, 20 marks)
Continuing with the Rana Plaza case, investigate what has happened since for the people of Bangladesh, and whether the MNCs associated with Rana have done more to recognize and act upon their ethical obligations.
You should also look at how social media has placed pressure upon these MNCs through activism and stakeholder pressure. Does social media continue to play a positive role for the workers of Bangladesh, or is it only interested in a quick "Twitter moment"?
Some articles relevant to the assignment
There are a lot of newspaper articles out there, and you might find some academic articles appearing as well (the long time that it takes to get an academic journal article published probably means that there would be few available just yet).
Your textbook will be an important guide to the ethical issues faced by multinational companies, and of course there are the "emerging ethical issues" from earlier in the term
Required
Each part of this assessment item will require a report not exceeding 1,500 words (in the report body). As both parts refer to the same company, you may combine these reports, with one executive summary, one introduction, a main body in two parts (3,000 words), one conclusion and one reference list. Submit only one document for assessment in Moodle. Make sure that each part is clearly identified using appropriate headings.
Each part will require a high level of critical analysis and good writing skills. It is recommended that all students make full use of tutorial activities to familiarize themselves with the required analysis skills.
You will be assessed on the following criteria:
1.Demonstrated understanding of the course material and the ability to apply that material to the assessment question (70% of total marks);
2.Effective communication: you are able to write a coherent and logical argument in support of your answers (15%);
3.Presentation: Your assignment is formatted appropriately, and uses proper spelling, grammar and style (15%);
4.Referencing: The University's Harvard referencing style is used (no marks are provided for referencing—proper referencing is expected. Penalties will be applied for poor referencing).
