The assignment requires you to conduct independent research and locate two (2) articles dealing with issues related to business ethics from business news articles accessible from the internet

Requirements
1. The assignment requires you to conduct independent research and locate two (2) articles
dealing with issues related to business ethics from business news articles accessible from the
internet and/or using library resources.
2. The task requires you to analyse the ethical issues within each article drawing on the
knowledge acquired by you in the weekly lectures and case study discussions.
3. The articles should be dated after October 1, 2021 and accessible for the marker to view from
a weblink that is required to be provided as part of your task and along with your analyses.
4. Articles must deal with issues related to business ethics. Please ensure that your articles
are business ethics related and do not cover social, cultural or political issues.
The task should be presented as one document and contain:
• the title of each article along with the weblink showing the internet site location.
• Date of each article with weblink (it must be dated 1 October 2021 or after; if not that
article discussion will score 0).
• Overview of the essence of each article with a brief discussion of the identified ethical
issue(s).
• In depth discussion of the ethical issues. How is each issue defined and in what way do
these issues present themselves in the article? Specifically explain what happened; why
it happened, factors which contributed, and consequences.
• Stakeholder Impact- briefly discuss impact (positive and/or negative) on at least two
stakeholders.
• a discussion that links the essence of the article and ethical issues(s) to the theory
(referenced theory to support your ideas is expected and essential)*.
• Your recommendations as a manager to resolve the issues identified in the article
irrespective of whether a resolution has been mentioned or not in the article.
• a conclusion in which you proffer an opinion on the article’s ethical issue(s).
• an academic reference list that is constructed correctly (using Deakin Harvard https://
www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/study-support/referencing/harvard
• Word Limit: 1500 words per article (10% extra i.e. 150 extra words is acceptable).

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