Governance, Law and Ethics

This assignment requires you to choose and analyse two real-world business cases,

focusing on the governance, law and ethics problems they present. For the two cases

you select, you will need to explain the main issues and discuss how they fit into the

bigger picture, both within the original country they happen and internationally.

Further to task 1, you will discuss the challenges by examining the specific problems

related to governance (the company corporate behaviour), ethics (what was right

and/or wrong), and the law (what was right and/or wrong in the eye of law). You also

need to look at how the organisations responded to these crises. Then reflect on social

responsibility by thinking about what duties these organisations have to society, both

now and in the future, especially considering the incidents that occurred.

Assignment instructions: For this task, you must produce a Case Analysis

and Application Report. You are encouraged to discuss suitability of the chosen case

with your module lecturer.

Task 1: Case analysis

For this assignment, you must choose two real-world business cases, discuss

the issues and put them within a national and international context:

Describe the key governance, legal, and ethical issues each organisation faced.

Show how governance and legal principles apply in these cases.

Explain how national and international contexts shaped the issues.

[Word count: 1,000 words]

Task 2: Application Report

Building on the cases you selected in Task 1, critically evaluate the governance, legal,

and ethical issues involved. Your report should:

Analyse how governance structures and legal frameworks influenced the

organisations actions.

Assess the ethical implications of the organisations decisions and behaviours.

Evaluate the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the chosen

organisations.

Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations for how the organisation could

have acted differently or how it should act in future.

[Word count:2000 words]