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).
3,000 words
Everyone need to 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.
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 ******ope
http://www.csr******ope.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
? ******opean 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
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? Institute for Business Ethics
http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html
******opean 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 entrepren******s 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_K*****W.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/nn******.pdf
? Texas Instruments Code of Conduct
http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/investor/gov/conduct.shtml
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? 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/s******ev/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/*****
? Journal of Macromarketing
http://jmk.sagepub.com/
? Teaching Business Ethics
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/*****