HC2121 Comparative Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Task:
Purpose:
This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit.
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1. Distinguish the difference between personal and business ethics in organisation
2. Ability to identify stakeholders role in business ethics, define social responsibility, explore the role of corporate governance in structuring ethics and social responsibility in business
3. Compare and contrast diverse approaches to ethical decision making
4. Evaluate the implications of the legal pressure for ethical behaviour in organisations
5. Examine ethical issues as they relate to basic values and the challenge of determining an ethical issues in business
6. Understand how moral philosophies and values influence individual and group ethical decision making in business
7. Apply and enhance problem-solving skills in solving and managing ethical dilemmas within an organisation.
8. Ability to build an effective ethics program and analyse how these programs may be affected by global issues, leadership and sustainability issues
Details
Answer all SIX (6) of the following questions. The questions come from the tutorial questions from week 2 to week 11.
Week 2 Tutorial
1 (a) Describe 4 benefits of Business Ethics for organizations?
(b) Provide a practical, real life example of how business ethics has proved advantageous for an organisation of your choice.
2 (a) List and explain 5 points from The Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) Act?
(b) Do you personally believe that the SOX Act is effective? Justify your answer.
3 (a) Draw the Framework for Ethical Decision Making in business.
(b) Using an organisation of your choice, provide and explain 5 practical examples how can you use the Ethical Decision Making Model to Improve Ethical Decisions?
4 (a) According to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development (CMD), people pass through 6 cognitive moral development stages. List and describe the 6 stages.
(b) As per other academic scholars and authors, what are the 4 limitations that they found with this CMD model? (Note: You have to quote the academic scholars’/ Author’s name in your answers)
