Ethical Issues Arising from MNCs and Globalisation
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Aurelia Sportswear's marketing describes its new trainers as 'made with recycled ocean plastic', based on a single minor component that makes up less than 2% of the shoe by weight, while the rest of the production process is unchanged. Which ethical issue area does this best illustrate?
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Edexcel Economics B (9EB0) Theme 3 'The global economy' (Paper 2), Unit 3.4 'Impact of globalisation on local and national economies' — spec ref 3.4.2 'Ethical issues'. Covers the tension between profit/cost-minimisation and ethical behaviour for a globalised MNC, and the stakeholder conflicts th…
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Lesson outline
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Hinge Check — Retrieval
- The Central Tension — Profit vs Ethics
- Hinge Check — Spotting the Stakeholder Conflict
- Ethical Issue 1 — Pay and Working Conditions
- Ethical Issue 2 — The Environment
- Quick Check — Pay/Conditions and Environment
- Ethical Issue 3 — The Supply Chain
- Ethical Issue 4 — Marketing Ethics
- Hinge Check — Reading the Four Issue Areas
- Profit vs Ethics — Where Do They Actually Conflict?
- Hinge Check — Spotting ALIGNMENT, Not Just Conflict
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