Assessment Tasks Students will work together to deliver individual and group components of the course.  Find a hotel/resort/tourism destination that will be your team’s case to research and evaluate for both Assessment 1 and Assessment 2.  The purpose of the Report will be to present a case to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) related to the current and future sustainable CSR activities of a hotel/resort/tourism destination. At Seminar 3, students will be expected to propose their hotel/resort/tourism destination and to have done some preliminary research into GRI. Students will form teams of 3 members (teams will be created in Seminar 2) who will draw on their individual strengths/skills/interests relating to: o the environment (animal stakeholders and/or physical environment) o financials (impact of CSR on financial sustainability of the business and future projections) o management (involved in ensuring effective collaboration among team members and tying together the team’s individual report sections into a cohesive report - and responsible for writing the Executive Summary, Introduction and Conclusion with overall Recommendations. Management needs to create a Table of Contents to include contents reports done by every team member and need to include the names and student ID of every team member.) * Choose a hotel/resort/tourism destination that will be your team’s case to research and evaluate for Assessment * Analyse/critique/evaluate the case by applying ethical principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of people, planet and profit (sustainability) to evaluate the current CSR activities of the hotel/resort/tourism destination. In addition, the teams will examine what could be done to increase the level of CSR activity while ensuring the business is sustainable over the longer term. These activities will feed into the marketing strategy of the hotel/resort/tourism destination. It should be noted that evaluation of the CSR activities of the hotel/resort/tourism destination requires students to critique the marketing information that is produced by the business rather than accepting it at face value. Report should have the following  a. Reflect critically upon the impact and implications of ethical and moral issues facing an international hotel/resort/tourism destination  b. Critically analyse and interpret the principles of ethical decision making methodologies and their application to hotel/resort/tourism destination operations and management  c. Evaluate and justify ways in which ethical practices can be improved within hotel/resort/tourism destination   d. Assess the ethical dilemma between shareholders' financial expectations and international business practice  e. Critically reflect upon a hotel /resort/tourism destination management's actions, from an ethical viewpoint  f. Examine the ethics of environmental sustainability and its implications for the hospitality industry  g. Articulate and present an argument on business ethics in written and/or oral form. LEARNING RESOURCES To successfully complete assessment tasks students will need to read widely and actively engage with available resources – the evidence of both must be in written and oral work.  Prescribed text: (Students are expected to have access the text as required)Carroll, B. A., & Buchholtz, A. K. (2015). Business and society, ethics, sustainability, and stakeholder management (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.  Recommended: Collins, D. (2012). Business ethics: how to design and manage ethical organizations. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Crane, A., & Matten, D. (2010). Business ethics: managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. DesJardins, J. R. (2012). An introduction to business ethics (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2012). Business ethics: ethical decision making and cases (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South Western Cengage Learning. Grace, D., & Cohen, S. (2010). Business ethics (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press. Hartman, L. P., & DesJardins, J. R. (2011). Business ethics: decision making for personal integrity and social responsibility (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.   Together with a collection of relevant readings from the following journals: * Business & Society * Business & Society Review * Ethical Corporation (magazine style) * Ethical Investor * Journal of Business Ethics * Journal of Corporate Citizenship * Cornell Hospitality Quarterly * Harvard Business Review * International Journal of Hospitality Management. Students are expected to review readings on SharePoint associated with the lectures. Text online resources  http://www.sagepub.co.uk/ contains links to journal articles and other resources for the course. http://www.hbs.edu.gm - MBA site general management and processes action http://www.ethics.ubc.ca - Centre for Applied Ethics http://www.ipd.co.uk - Institute of Personal Development http://www.dfee.gov.uk - Department of Education and Employment http://www.dti.gov.uk - Department of Trade and Industry http://www.open.gov.uk - UK Government statistics and policies http://www.tuc.org.uk - Trades Union Congress http://www.htf.org - Hospitality Training Organisation http://www.world-tourism.org/hrc - World Travel and Tourism HT Council Students are expected to use written and web based resources throughout this unit to research and substantiate their findings. Appropriate references should be given according to the style guide to avoid