Assignment:
Business Ethics and sustainability
Essay Task
Students are required to discuss the following:
Many managers, when working overseas in particular in developing countries, engage in bribery and corruption as a way of securing contracts or ensuring that business transaction occur in a timely fashion. They often argue that whilst they would not engage in such practices in their home country, it is a common accepted practice and part of the culture of many developing countries.
• Explain what is bribery, corruption and its link to ethics.
• Examine bribery and corruption using ethical relativism. Can such practices be seen as part of a nation's culture? If so what are the implications.
• Contrast bribery and corruption from the perspective of consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics and how a manager would use to explain, defend or refute the practice.
• Contrast the Australian legislation that addresses the bribery of foreign officials with at least 1 other country's approach.
• Based on the above discussion, draw your own conclusions as to whether you believe bribery and corruption is or is not ethical.
Assessment Criteria
Students are to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter by:
• Defining key terms and concepts related to ethics, morality, personhood and moral accountability
• Advancing a resolution to the ethical dilemmas using ethical theories and concepts with examples to illustrate
• Demonstrating a breadth and quality of research by using a minimum of 12 to 16 academic sources
• Correctly using of the APA in text referencing system to correctly citing academic sources.