Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Required Reading:
Download the Anglo-American and Primark case studies using the following links:
http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/new-downloads-pop.php?getFile=YW5nbG9fYW1lcmljYW4vYW5nbG9fYW1lcmljYW5fMTNfZnVsbC5wZGY=
http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/new-downloads-pop.php?getFile=cHJpbWFyay9wcmltYXJrXzE1X2Z1bGwucGRm
Scan the following article by Svennson & Woods:
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2008). A model of business ethics. Journal Of Business Ethics, 77(3), 303-322. Accessed on November 19, 2012 from EBSCO.
Assignment:
Respond to the following, using Anglo-American and Primark as examples:
Using the Svennson and Wood business ethics model, assess the ethics of the business practices of Anglo-American and Primark, discussing the costs and the benefits to organizations that act ethically.
Keys to the Assignment:
•Describe what is meant by ethical business behavior;
•Describe how these two companies – Anglo-American and Primark – apply ethics in practice;
•Discuss the costs and benefits to an organization when that organization behaves ethically; and
•Choose one component of Svennson & Woods’ model (found in the journal article “A Model of Business Ethics”), and discuss how your chosen component is relevant for Anglo-American and/or Primark. For example, you might choose “external stakeholder relationships” (page 314), and discuss how Anglo-American benefits from its positive stakeholder relationships (see page 4 of the Anglo-American case study).

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