BUSS604 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability

Read the case study  carefully. Then, answer three of the following five questions.

Drawing on the assigned reading (Nicholson et al., 2017) and the course content for Week 5, develop an argument against the Palmer Project mine that draws on an indigenous perspective on the relationship between people and the natural world. Your answer should refer to facts and examples from the Case Study.

The Palmer Project mine has many stakeholders. Draw on the assigned reading* (Freeman, 2013) and the course content for Week 6 to explain what the project would need to consider if it was to follow Freeman’s “new story of business”. Your answer should refer to facts and examples from the Case Study.

The ‘Modern Social Contract' approach to the social responsibilities of business holds that “since the corporation depends on society for its existence and continued growth, there is an obligation for the corporation to meet the demands of that society rather than just the demands of a targeted group of customers” (Ghillyer, 2020, p. 68).

Do you think the social contract approach would support or oppose the Palmer Project? Explain your answer, drawing on the assigned reading (Ghillyer, 2020) for Week 11, and on facts and examples from the Case Study.

The Case Study (Rushe, D. (2021). A tiny Alaska town is split over a goldmine. At stake is a way of life) is available on Blackboard, and you can find it online here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/alaska-haines-village-salmon-fishing-gold-mine