Ethics in

Finance
Executive pay
P3 How much https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/people/executive-compensation/tesco-ceo-
Tesco CEO gets dave-lewis-pay-up-175-to-49m/566876.article
paid - discuss
negative impact on
society
Discuss the positive Look at the last paragraph below article – but also discuss the consequence
benefits of high to economy if talent is brought by overseas rivals etc.
CEO pay -
https://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/article/why-ceo-pay-is-justified/

finish off by saying how can high CEO pay be curbed.

Ethics in
production
GM food
P3 Tesco doesn’t
sell it’s own brand https://www.tescoplc.com/little-helps-plan/reports-and-policies/genetic-
of GM food to modification-policy/
British public – why
is organic better or http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/latestnews/entryid/1370/tesco-selling-
why is non-GM gm-food.aspx
food better. (this doesn’t work anymore apparently)

argue why Tesco does not sell GM food themselves – benefits to society.
Also some
evidence for merit https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401275/Lucky-Charms-On-sale-
– it imports cereals Tesco-GM-cereal-makes-children-hyperactive.html
which is GM – (m2)
impact on society you could point out how Tesco could become 100% GM free.

Finish off by saying why GM food could benefit society.

Animal testing
P3 Tesco’s animal https://www.tescoplc.com/tesco-and-society/reports-policies-and-
testing policy – disclosure/animal-welfare-policy/
discuss why animal
testing is bad.
M2 - Accused by https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/retail-giant-tesco-targeted-by-
animal rights group animal-rights-activists-over-hogwood-horror-farm-row
- discuss this.
do some research – what could firms do to stop animal testing.

Ethics in HR
Discrimination
P3 - Tesco’s https://www.ourtesco.com/working-at-tesco/people-policies/expenses/
equality policy – equal-opportunities-and-diversity/
discuss the benefit
of equal treatment
of workers to
society/economy/e
qual opportunities.
Tesco http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442448/Muslim-Tesco-workers-
discrimination case win-discrimination-case-bosses-locked-prayer-room.htm
(M2)
why is discrimination bad for society – argue the case and what practice
should Tesco adopt to stop it.
Worker
surveillance
See chapter on http://www.tescocorp.com/docs/AboutUs/Corporate_Governance/Code
employment %20of%20Business%20Conduct%20and%20Ethics.pdf
practices – shows
how they respect however this shows they monitor staff – impact on society.
staff privacy, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tesco-accused-of-
dignity etc. using-electronic-armbands-to-monitor-its-staff-8493952.html

(Tesco’s monitoring of staff. What are the negative affects monitoring staff
so closely – how could it be avoided.)

M2
Arugment of monitoring staff by Tesco
Why is staff
monitoring
important and
benefits to society.
Another topic of
your choice – for
example ethics in
marketing eg
misleading adverts.
Positive and
negative impact
using case studies
and how the firm
should stop it
happening. Do
some research on
what is ethical
advertising.