4. Analyse and synthesise the role of ethical conformance, corporate govemance & responsibility in providing ethical leadership 5. Analyse and evaluate the common and specific ethical issues for different managerial functions in business 6. Evaluate the significance of different ideologies for ethical systemic analysis 7. Evaluate and apply ethical reasoning to international business dilemmas 8. Analyse an ethical dilemma 9. Synthesise a number of viewpoints and evaluate their relative significance 10. Apply ethical reasoning to make a defensible decision Assignment task The assignment task is in two parts, Part A and Part B. You should attempt BOTH parts. Part A should be submitted to the Part A drop box on moodle, Part B to the part B drop box. NOTE the deadline for both Parts is the same (11 December 2019 at 1300 GMT). Your answers should be written in the form of an essay. Part A The graduate trainee’s dilemma It is late August 2020. Sarah is a graduate trainee in a multi- national food retailer (BB's), She joined the firm last year and is coming to the end of the training programme. She works in a large team, and has good relations with everyone else on the team. She hopes to be taken on as a permanent employee at the end of her training programme, however nat all graduate trainees will be taken on because BB's has been negatively affected by the Uncertainty surrounding Brexit. Unfortunately all the other graduate trainees also want to stay with BB's too Sarah is aware of climate change protests, including Extinction Rebellion, and while she is not a member of that group, she strongly shares their concerns about climate change. From the modules that she took at Oxford Brookes University as part of her business degree, she knows that climate change is likely to have a significant impact nat only an poorer countries, but also on supply chains and food production globally. There is now a call from climate change activists for members of the public, including school children and workers, to join a second global walk out for 1 hour at midday on 20 September 2020 Saran thinks that it is very important that she joins the strike and wants to encourage all her colleagues to join it too. University friends who think the same way as she does, and are employed in ather MNC, are emailing their colleagues, putting messages on facebook and posters in staff kitchens to encourage a walk aut. Saran is aware that her new line manager, Tony, is not sympathetic and has made very negative comments about Greta Thunberg, school strikes and climate change concerns in general 1As far as Sarah knows, colleagues in BB's did not take part in last year's walkout (she joined the firm in October 2019), nor do they seem particularly concerned about climate change. Climate change is not mentioned at all in BB's CSR reporting or corporate strategy She is also worried about Tony's attitude, especially since he will have a say in whether she is taken on permanently by BB's. The other graduate trainees do not seem to share her cancems about climate change. What action should Sarah take about the strike? Note: Your answer should demonstrate a capacity for ethical reasoning and MUST: 1. Use the seven step ethical decision making framework that is used in class and provided on moodle; And 2. Discuss and apply the ethical theories of utilitarianism AND of Immanuel Kant in using the seven step method. The word limit for this essay is 2000 words and the essay is worth 75% of the module marks. Below are links to stories/events which provide some real life background to this type of scenario. They should help you understand some of the ethical issues raised. You are strongly advised to use these links as a starting point to research the scenario presented along with the ethical issues that it raises in more depth before writing your assignment. You should also undertake further reading on ethical theories and ideas, using the module readings and your own research. Whatever sources are used MUST be cited Remember that this is an essay about business ethics and not business strategy or legal liability. You are being asked ta develop an ethical argument about what the right thing to do would be in the scenario provided. Make sure you read the assessment criteria Links https: /www fern org.uk/research-library/climate-change-has-likely-already-affected-food- production https: /www torn org uk/research-library/arabica-coffee-production-risk-due-changing-climate hitps:/globaiclimatestrike net/ [this link relates to the 2019 climate strike] https: /www thequardian.com/technology/2019/sep/1 Ojjeff-bez0s-amazon-climate-strike-aec| httos:/www.campaigncc.org/climate strike 20 september [this link relates to the 2019 climate strike] The scenario in this assessment has been developed for educational purposes only. Any similarity to situations or to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. 12