Type - Instructional Situation Representing a Realistic Scenario
Your Task
Analyse a short Case Study document and prepare a short, written report.
A thorough understanding of how a company`s Code of Ethics must be worded to effectively communicate behavioural expectations is an essential managerial competency.
Learning Outcome 1: Evaluate the success (or lack thereof) of an organisation`s governance responsibilities
Learning Outcome 2: Analyse the legal and regulatory environment in Australia with a view to understanding its impact on business strategy
Learning Outcome 3: Analyse the role of the board in the assessment of strategy and risk, and the way in which this expertise can be better utilised
Learning Outcome 4: Apply corporate sustainability practices in a real-world example and examine their appropriateness in a variety of contexts
Assessment Instructions
1. The CBA Code of Conduct:
offers a simple `should we?` ethics test on page 7.
Could the JKM Code of Ethics provide a simpler test that helps employees make ethically sound workplace choices?
2. Answer both the CEO`s question and the wider Board question. CEO`s question and comment:
`We don`t want a joyless workplace. Where do we draw the line between bullying and playful workplace induction pranks?"
Wider Board question:
Where precisely do we draw the line between the following:
disability discrimination
bullying
harassment?
3. What is exploitation? What typical forms of workplace exploitation should be covered in JKM`s Code of Ethics?
4. Answer both the CFO`s question and the wider Board question. CFO`s question and comment:
"I can understand how a Conflict of Interest applies in public service. But does this apply to business? Surely all stakeholder groups in a business share the same basic interest making money?
Wider Board question:
Which concept is broader: Conflict of Interest, or Nepotism?
5. Provide a single full References list for all sources use across your responses. Use KBS Australian Harvard as the referencing format.
