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Posted: July 17th, 2022
BCO125 BUSINESS LAW Case Study 2 Task brief & rubrics
Task
CASE STUDY COMMENTARY
• individual written task in Harvard style format, cover page, Table of Contents, text alignment and Reference list.
• The student must build a coherent discussion or argument in essay format, analyzing theories and models. Ethical theories, legal cases
and case studies may be referred to when providing examples. Cite all sources.
• Students must write in complete sentences and develop paragraphs. No bullet points are allowed. Provide spacing between the
sentences.
• Prepare and Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs.
• Sources must be used, identified, and properly cited.
• Format: PDF submitted through Turnitin
• The answers should analyse the following based on the case study provided with this task below the Rubrics:
1. Identify and explain the relevant parties in this case study?
2. Identify and explain in order the ethical issues related to each party involved in this case study? Cite your sources.
3. What ethical theories or virtues can each party use to support their behavior or decisions? Cite your sources.
4. Identify an ethical or virtue theory that would be a counter argument to each position in Question 3? Cite your sources.
5. Identify and explain an additional case that supports or differentiates this case.
Submission: Week 10 – Via Moodle by Sunday, 18 April 2021 before 23:59.
• Wordcount: 800 to 1000
• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total word count.
• Font: Arial 11 pts.
• Text alignment: Justified.
• The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.
Weight: This task is worth 15% of your overall grade for this subject.
Outcomes: This task assesses the following learning outcomes:
– LO1: understand the role of ethics in a business.
– LO2: identify ethical issues in the decision-making process.
– LO3: identify and analyze the available ethical theories to support a business decision.
Rubrics
Exceptional
90-100
Good
80-89
Fair
70-79
Marginal fail
60-69
Identification
of main Issues/
Problems
25%
Identifies and demonstrates
a sophisticated
understanding of the main
issues / problems in the
case study
Identifies and demonstrates
an accomplished
understanding of most of the
issues/problems.
Identifies and demonstrates
acceptable understanding of
some of the issues/problems
in the case study
Does not identify or
demonstrate an acceptable
understanding of the issues/
problems in the case study
Analysis and
Assessment of
Issues /
Problems
25%
Presents an insightful and
thorough analysis of all
identified issues/problems
Presents a thorough analysis
of most of the issues
identified.
Presents a superficial
analysis of some of the
identified issues.
Presents an incomplete
analysis of the identified
issues.
Development
of Ideas
and Opinions
25%
Supports diagnosis and
opinions with strong
arguments and welldocumented evidence;
presents a balanced and
critical view;
interpretation is both
reasonable and
objective.
Supports diagnosis and
opinions with limited
reasoning and evidence;
presents a somewhat onesided argument; demonstrates
little engagement with ideas
presented
Little action suggested
and/or inappropriate
solutions proposed to the
issues in the case study.
No action suggested and/or
inappropriate solutions
proposed to the issues in the
case study
Link to Legal
Theories and
Additional
Research
25%
Makes appropriate and
powerful connections
between identified issues/
problems and strategic
concepts studied in the
course readings and
lectures; supplements case
study with relevant and
thoughtful research and
documents all sources of
information, including
ethical theories and virtues
Makes appropriate but
somewhat vague connections
between identified issues/
problems and concepts
studied in readings and
lectures; demonstrates
limited command of the
analytical tools studied;
supplements case study with
limited research, ethical
theories and virtues
Makes inappropriate or little
connection between issues
identified and the concepts
studied in the readings;
supplements case study, if at
all, with incomplete research
and documentation.
Makes no connection between
issues identified and the
concepts studied in the
readings; supplements case
study, if at all, with
incomplete research and
documentation.
CASE STUDY
APPLE SUPPLIERS & LABOR PRACTICES
With its highly coveted line of consumer electronics, Apple has a cult following among loyal consumers. During the 2014 holiday season, 74.5
million iPhones were sold. Demand like this meant that Apple was in line to make over $52 billion in profits in 2015, the largest annual profit
ever generated from a company’s operations. Despite its consistent financial performance year over year, Apple’s robust profit margin hides a
more complicated set of business ethics. Similar to many products sold in the U.S., Apple does not manufacture most its goods domestically.
Most of the component sourcing and factory production is done overseas in conditions that critics have argued are dangerous to workers and
harmful to the environment.
For example, tin is a major component in Apple’s products and much of it is sourced in Indonesia. Although there are mines that source tin
ethically, there are also many that do not. One study found workers—many of them children—working in unsafe conditions, digging tin out by
hand in mines prone to landslides that could bury workers alive. About 70% of the tin used in electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets
come from these more dangerous, small-scale mines. An investigation by the BBC revealed how perilous these working conditions can be. In
interviews with miners, a 12-year-old working at the bottom of a 70-foot cliff of sand said: “I worry about landslides. The earth slipping from up
there to the bottom. It could happen.”
Apple defends its practices by saying it only has so much control over monitoring and regulating its component sources. The company justifies its
sourcing practices by saying that it is a complex process, with tens of thousands of miners selling tin, many of them through middle-men. In a
statement to the BBC, Apple said “the simplest course of action would be for Apple to unilaterally refuse any tin from Indonesian mines. That
would be easy for us to do and would certainly shield us from criticism. But that would also be the lazy and cowardly path since it would do
nothing to improve the situation. We have chosen to stay engaged and attempt to drive changes on the ground.”
In an effort for greater transparency, Apple has released annual reports detailing their work with suppliers and labor practices. While more
recent investigations have shown some improvements to suppliers’ working conditions, Apple continues to face criticism as consumer demand for
iPhones and other products continues to grow.
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