BUSINESS ETHICS, GOVERNANCE & RISK ASSIGNMENT DEC 2021

BUSINESS ETHICS, GOVERNANCE & RISK PLEASE NOTE: This assignment is application based, you have to apply what you have learnt in this subject into real life scenario. You will find most of the information through internet search and the remaining from your common sense. None of the answers appear directly in the textbook chapters but are based on the content in the chapter. 1. Identify a business small/medium/large/proprietary/partnership/family/listed etc that provides goods and/or services of any kind FMCG, Education, Hospitality etc and was impacted during 2019-20 or 2020-21 any one year due to Covid Pandemic. Identify and list the business challenges it faced atleast three and explain how the business managed the following three risks Financial risk, Operational risk & Human Resource risk during the above-mentioned period. What strategies & initiatives did it deploy to address and overcome these three risks and survive/grow during the period Answering that the business shut down is not an option. Connect and talk to people among your family / friends / neighborhood / your company / employer etc. 2. Your friend wants to blow whistle and has come to you for guidance. How would you advise her/him to help determine whether she/he has a greater obligation to the public or to his/her employer Make a list of 4-5 tough questions that you need her/him to answer before she/he blows the whistle. Explain the purpose of each question. You can pick a social/environmental or economic issue for whistle blowing. 3 a. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company&rsquos warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer however the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer of the delivery problem Discuss the pros and cons of the decision the sales representative chooses to take. 3 b. You have studied Business Ethics in a structured manner in this program. Has it helped you with tools to better manage your decision making process as a business person Explain in your own words.