MGT301A Ethics And Sustainability Assignment – Australia.

Subject Code and Title :- MGT301A : Ethics and Sustainability
Assessment :- Individual Report
Individual/Group :- Individual
Length :- Part A: 750 words (+/ 10%) Part B: 1000 words (+/ 10%)
Weighting :- Part A: 25% Part B: 35%
MGT301A Ethics And Sustainability Assignment – Australia.

Learning Outcomes :-
a) Identify questions of ethics and sustainability and analyse how they impact on one’s day-to-day work experience. b) Apply a range of ethical frameworks and develop a vocabulary for ethical issues.
b) Demonstrate the ability to apply the various frameworks that underpin how individuals and organisations make decisions on complex ethical issues.
c) Analyse the impact of economic, commercial, social and environmental trends on an organisations ethical and sustainability behaviours.

Context :-
This assessment provides you with the opportunity to engage with and apply ethical frameworks to real-world issues.

You will select two different organisations of your choice. For each organisation you are to select an ethical issue they are facing and identify ways of dealing with it.

By doing this you will enhance your ability to ethically address the economic commercial social and environmental issues you will face in the workplace.

You will complete activities in modules 2.2 (week 4) and 4.2 (week 8) that will prepare you for this assessment task and give you examples of the ethical issues you could choose.

Instructions :-
In Assessment 2 Part A, you will address the following questions:
➢ What are two different ethical economic, commercial, social, OR environmental
issues that must be managed by two different contemporary organisations?
➢ For EACH iissue identify ONE e of the six ethical frameworks that can help inform
you about how to best manage these issues?

o Structure :

1. Introduction (75 words)
2. Identification of issue 1 (150 words)
3. Ethical framework for addressing issue 1 and justification of choice (150 words)
4. Identification of issue 2 (150 words)
5. Ethical framework for addressing issue 2 and justification of choice (150 words)
6. Conclusion (75 words)
7. Reference list (excluded from word count)

In Assessment 2 Part B, you will address the following question:

➢ How does reflecting about the ethical management of these issues inform your thinking about your future workplace behaviour?

❖ How might you change your behaviour in the future based on
what you have learned about the two ethical frameworks?
❖ How does your professional ethics influence how you might behave?
❖ How might the behaviour of senior management influence your behaviour?
❖ How might corporate governance structures influence your behaviour?
❖ How might the culture of the organisation influence your behaviour?
❖ How can ethical codes of conduct be used by organisations to
create an ethical culture in organisations?

o Structure:

1. Introduction (75 words)
2. Summary of issues and frameworks discussed in Part A (150 words)
3. Reflection on your future workplace behaviour (700 words)
4. Conclusion (75 words)
5. Reference list (excluded from word count).

MGT301A Ethics And Sustainability Assignment – Australia.

To complete this assessment you will need to select two ethical issues and then undertake library research to identify a relevant ethical framework for each issue.You will then explain how these theories can be used to identify different ways in which these issues can be handled ethically. Finally you will reflect on your thinking and describe how undertaking this assignment has developed your thinking about your future workplace behaviour.

Both parts to this assessment task should include appropriate academic referencing and a reference list following APA 7th edition style of referencing.