Task 2 - Group Case Study Case 4: Sustainability Challenges in Gas and Oil Industry (Pp 425 – 436) Format: Report format, times new roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing. The report needs to consist at least the following: a. Executive Summary: ideally one page but no more than two. b. Sections 1: Introduction c. Section 2: Main body of the report consisting the questions at the end of case study d. Sections 3: Conclusions, e. Reference List (15-20 references). WK 11 20 % 3,000 words Students will form into groups of 3-4 You are not allowed to submit on your own as an individual. Each group will complete a detailed analysis and present the case assessment, analysis, and outside research in a form of report. You must engage in additional research to gather more background information as well as current information on the company and situation. IMPORTANT: You must submit a soft copy to the Blackboard ‘Final submission link’, wait an hour, then print the blackboard safe assign report and attach it to your hard copy. Sign and attach an assignment cover sheet to your hard copy, then submit the hard copy to the lecturer in class. SUBJECT RESOURCES Prescribed Textbook (compulsory) Ferrell, O., Fraedrich, J. and Ferrell, L (2016), Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, 11th ed, SouthWestern, Cengage Learning. All students will need access to a copy of the text to discuss the weekly cases Recommended Reading Caroll, Archie B. and Ann K. Bucholtz (2012) Business and Society. Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 8 edn., Cengage Learning Recommended Website Link 1. ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS • Business for Social Responsibility http://www.bsr.org Resources to help companies implement ethics and social responsibility initiatives • Corporate Watch http://www.corpwatch.org An online magazine and resource center that monitors corporate activity and works to expose corporate wrongdoing • CSR Europe http://www.csreurope.org/pages/en/history.html Supports member companies in integrating corporate social responsibility into the way they do business, every day • EthicScan http://www.ethicscan.ca A Canadian consulting, corporate responsibility research house, and educational resource center • Ethics and Compliance Officer Association http://www.theecoa.org/iMIS15/ECOAPublic Professional association for ethics officers and managers of ethics and compliance programs • European Business Ethics Network http://www.eben-net.org Promotes values-based and ethical aware management to stimulate and facilitate discussion and debate on common ethical problems and dilemmas • Institute for Business Ethics http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html European organization created to encourage high standards of business behavior based on ethical values • Green America http://www.greenamericatoday.org Provides resources for green consumers and businesses, including Green Pages, an online directory of thousands of socially and environmentally responsible businesses, products, and services • International Association for Business and Society http://iabs.net An organization comprised of scholars and practitioners who are interested in the field of business and societal relationships • International Business Ethics Institute http://www.business-ethics.org Helps organizations and industries implement international ethics programs • Net Impact http://www.netimpact.org/ Association of students and professions who are interested in using the power of business to create a better world • Redefining the Corporation http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~stake Provides direction for implementing balanced perspectives of stakeholder management based on the work of hundreds of researchers • Social Venture Network http://www.svn.org An organization dedicated to supporting socially conscious entrepreneurs and changing global business practices • Society for Business Ethics http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org An international organization of scholars and others interested in business ethics • Transparency International http://www.transparency.org/ An organization dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing bribery and corruption worldwide • World Business Council for Sustainable Development http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=MQ&doOpen=1&C lickMenu=LeftMenu A CEO-led, global association of over 200 companies dealing with business and sustainable development. 2. Codes of Conduct • Creating a Code of Ethics for Your Organization by Chris MacDonald, Ph.D. http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes • Bell South Code of Conduct http://www.ethics.bellsouth.com./OVIA_K00801W.02.pdf • Boeing Code of Conduct http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/ethics/code_of_conduct.pdf • Buckman Laboratories Code of Ethics http://www.buckman.com/about-us/46-fundamentals/255-the-buckman-code-of-ethics • Nortel Supplier Code of Ethics http://www.nortel.com/prd/suppliers/collateral/nn118656.pdf • Texas Instruments Code of Conduct http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/investor/gov/conduct.shtml • Texas Instruments Code of Ethics for CEO and Financial Officers http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/investor/gov/CodeOfEthics.shtml • Tom's of Maine Statement of Beliefs http://www.tomsofmaine.com/business-practices/values-beliefs/our-reason-for-being 3. CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP • AT&T/BellSouth http://www.att.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=7735 • Cisco http://www.cisco.com/web/about/citizenship/index.html • ConocoPhillips http://www.conocophillips.com/en/susdev/pages/index.aspx • Sony http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/csr/index.html • Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/csr/index.shtml 4. ETHICS CENTERS, FOUNDATIONS, AND SOCIETIES • Business for Social Responsibility http://www.bsr.org/index.cfm • Center for Ethical Business Cultures http://www.cebcglobal.org/ • Ethics Resource Center http://www.ethics.org/ • Institute for Global Ethics http://www.globalethics.org/ • International Business Ethics Institute http://www.business-ethics.org/index.asp • International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics http://www.isbee.org/ • The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Research http://www.onlineethics.org/ 5. PUBLICATIONS (Journal & Magazines) • Business Ethics (Online Magazine) http://business-ethics.com/ • Business Ethics Quarterly http://secure.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&journal=pdc_beq • Ethikos http://ethikospublication.com/ • Journal of Business Ethics http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/10551 • Journal of Macromarketing http://jmk.sagepub.com/ • Teaching Business Ethics http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/11234