MGT211 Business Ethics A Global Perspective

Question:

Task

Please find a current business case and prepare a PowerPoint presentation as follows:

• A brief outline of the case, including a link to the case.
  
  
• Ethical issues that arise from the case
  
  
• Why these are ethical issues
  
  
• An assessment of the morality of the protagonists' actions (using a comprehensive application of ethic of care).
  

Rationale

This assessment task will assess the following learning outcomes:

• Be able to outline ethical theories in western moral philosophy and apply them in inter and intra cultural organisational contexts.
  
  
• Be able to resolve a range of real life ethical dilemmas.
  
  
• Be able to describe the issues and critique the debates associated with the concept of corporate social responsibility in a global business environment.
  
  
• Be able to distinguish different views of justice, and outline opposing arguments about justice and economic distribution.
  
  
• Be able to critically reflect on their role as business professionals and how their future actions as business professionals can affect society in positive and negative ways.