Homework: Challenges in the Business Environment
As you have explored in this course, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as the Chief Compliance Officer of a Fortune 500 company and must prepare a presentation for your suppliers regarding your Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via email, webinar, etc.
For this homework, you are to create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) and your research on the Fortune 500 company from Homework 1. In your presentation, you are to summarize the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you would communicate via email, webinar, etc. The specific requirements are listed below.
Presentation Requirements:
Create a six to eight slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
I. Summarize your chosen company's Supplier Responsibility information.
II. In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and society social responsibility.
III. Discuss your company's stance on each of the following areas:
a. Empowering Workers
b. Labor and Human Rights
c. Health and Safety
d. The Environment
e. Accountability
IV. Identify the key ways that your company's Code of Conduct has changed since last year.
V. Examine the manner in which your company's Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
VI. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
VII. Submit a reference page with at least two quality references, from within the last 2 years, that you used for this PowerPoint presentation. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this homework are:
a) Evaluate the influences of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological forces on business and society.
b) Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society.
c) Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.