Ethics as Organizational Priority: Case Study Analysis and Recommendations

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

Task: Write a report of 2000 words answering the 2-part question in the box below. You should base your answer on the case study below:

·If you are studying a degree related to Business or Law, you should base your report on the Amazon and Ethics case study.  

·If you are studying a degree related to Health and Social Care, you should base your report on the Amazon and Health and Safety case study.

·If you are studying a degree related to Hospitality, Tourism and Events, you should base your report on the Fyre Festival case study.

Question:

Using your case study as an example, discuss whether ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

Suggest recommendations to promote ethics within the organisation.

POINTS TO CONSIDER

You may wish to focus your analysis section on 3-4 of the following points:

·Whether the CEO of Amazon thinks ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

·Whether the workers think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation. (This section could be divided into different types of workers or just focus on one group)

·Whether politicians think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

·Whether consumers think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

You may wish to focus your analysis section on 3-4 of the following points:

·Whether the CEO of Amazon thinks ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

·Whether the workers think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation. (This section could be divided into different types of workers or just focus on one group)

·Whether Health and Safety officers would think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

·Whether consumers would think ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

You may wish to focus your analysis section on 3-4 of the following points:

·Whether the organiser of Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, thinks ethics should be the main priority of an organisation.

·Whether the customers think ethics should be the main priority of the organisation.

·Whether the festival’s suppliers (for example the caterers, security staff and artists) would think that ethics should be the main priority.

·Whether legislators think ethics should be the main priority of the organisation.

Your report should follow the structure and suggested word counts below:  

·Title of the report 

·Title of the module 

·Student Number

·Date of submission 

·Word count 

Executive Summary 

·Summary of each section of the report  

Contents Page (not included in the word count)

·Main section headings with page numbers 

·Definition of business ethics

·Importance of ethics in business 

·Brief summary of the case study 

·A comparison to other companies

·A sentence summarising the main aims of the report 

Analysis

·Short introductory paragraph including a statement with the aim of the report and a map sentence.  

·Identification and selection of 3-4 distinct aspects from ‘Points to consider’ or from student’s own research. These aspects should be the topic of the main body paragraphs.

·Each body paragraph should include a topic sentence which links it to the question. 

·In order to analyse each aspect, research from relevant sources should be used to support the evaluation of the extent to which the reputation of the organisation has been damaged.