Business Values

If assignment is case based then,  • Executive summary  • Table of content  • Introduction  • Body of assignment (questions related to case need to be answered)  • Conclusion / Recommendation if any  • References (in-text + citation) to be used.  Total Marks / 90  PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else’s work as your own or using someone else’s work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with a reference.  This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt with accordingly. Students found to have plagiarized can be excluded from the program.  Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without acknowledging the original source: ? Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the internet) ? Use another person’s concepts orideas ? Summarize or paraphrase another person’s work. How do I avoid plagiarism? To ensure you are not plagiarizing, you must acknowledge with a reference whenever you: ? use another person’s ideas, opinions or theory ? include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another person or organization ? Paraphrase another’s written or spokenword. What are the penalties? The penalties for plagiarism are: ? Deduction of marks, ? A mark of zero for the assignment or the unit, or ? Exclusion from the program. Plagiarism is dealt with on a case-by-case basis and the penalties will reflect the seriousness of the breach. Please note claiming that you were not aware of need to reference is no excuse.   Write a report that covers potential ethical and corporate responsibility issues in your organization following issues  1. You are a decision maker in your company. Analyze any potential ethical dilemmas.  As a decision maker, apply any four of these approaches to business ethics:  • Utilitarian  • Universalism (Deontology)  • Ethical relativism.  • Virtue ethics.  • Justice  After an evaluation of the approaches above mentioned, and the potential ethical issue (s) what decisions should you make? Justify your answer using business ethics concepts (20 marks) (600 to 800 words)  2. Evaluate the organizational culture in your organizations and its preparedness for implementing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. (15 marks) (600 to 800 words)  3. Explain the following statement by Crane and Matten (2004): “The first layer of CSR (economic responsibilities) is the basis for all the subsequent responsibilities, which rest on this (ideally) solid basis”. How does this apply to your organization? (15 marks) (600 to 800 words)  4. Analyze any ethical issues related to financial reporting that may arise in your organization. (15 marks) (600 to 800 words)  5. Evaluate options for managing ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in your organization. (15 marks) (600 to 800 words)  6. How do issues of corporate governance be examined from an ethical perspective? Illustrate your answer with relevant examples. (15 marks) (600 to 800 words)  7. Write a brief conclusion and introduction to the report (5 marks)