MGT2BET Business Ethics Assessment 2

Purpose

The purpose of this task is to allow you to analyse an ethical dilemma.

Task Details

For this task, you are required to write a 1500-word report or analysis of an organisational ethical dilemma and justify your position.

Instructions

Choose ONE of the following organisational ethical dilemmas (or your own ethical dilemma with approval from your workshop facilitator):

• Unethical Leadership

• Toxic Workplace Culture

• Whistleblowing

Find a real organisation to be the case study — an organisation that is experiencing one of the ethical dilemmas.

For your chosen organisational ethical dilemma, write the report (using evidence to support your position).

You should:  

• Provide an introduction and analyse the organisational ethical dilemma within the chosen organisation.

• Present the key ethical issues of the dilemma and who are the key stakeholders who are affected?

• Assess and evaluate the chosen dilemma using at least two ethical frameworks — How can ethical theories assist organisations (leaders) make ethical decisions?

• Identify and explain the organisation's moral and ethical philosophy — What do you think the ethical culture is like in this organisation?

• Why is ethics important? Explain the importance of ethical decision-making specifically when organisations face ethical dilemmas (as the one you have chosen).

• What are your recommendations to the organisation to ensure ethical decisions are made in future?

The structure of your report should be as follows:

• Title Page (Including your full name, student ID, workshop date/time and workshop facilitator's name)

• Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Main Body (addressing all questions listed above)

• Conclusion

• References (using at least 10 references including academic journals, books, industry sources and newspaper articles and media sources). Note, you must use APA7 .

Written in third person (you can use pronouns in the section about your position, if needed)

Assessment Criteria:
Please see the Assessment 2 marking rubric.

Submission Details:
Please submit your report via the submission link provided.