Report on business ethics
Instructions for completing your assignment
Your assignment must be based on your own working practice or on examples drawn from one
or several organizations with which you are familiar.
You must show knowledge and understanding of the syllabus for this unit, including the
mandatory and recommended reading list as well as the IAM study materials.
Your assignment must address the learning outcomes, and include analysis and evaluation of
the issues and topics you discuss.
Task
You are the Human Resource Manager in Metic & Co, a medium sized Cosmetics Company
based in the UK. The company does not have an ethical policy and there are adverse reports
from the media about its operational activities. The company is responding to these ethical
pressures and striving to implement ethical practices within the organisation.
You have been asked by the Managing Director to write a report to your colleagues
analysing the importance of business ethics and corporate social responsibility to the
organisation. Evaluate the importance of incorporating an ethical policy in the company’s
code of practice using examples from other organisations.
Your audience may have some information on the topic from the media or their own
business practice but they are not formally educated in the subject.
Your report needs to concentrate on the topic above explaining the rationale behind it.
The report must deal with:
Abstract
Introduction
The concept of business ethics
The various ethical issues that could affect the business
The role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The role of the company’s code of practice
The importance of ethical responsibility of employees
Objectives that can influence the ethical operation of a business
Suggestion
Conclusion
References list
You must give 15 to 20 references including books and journal etc.
You must cite in the text and under the references list( Harvard reference must be followed)
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