Can use either Apple or Facebook for the company in the Paper Details as follows: Please select a company from among the ones listed below (see Readings in Module 4 for Case Assignment). For best results, please make sure to answer all the questions. You are a business analyst, assessing an ethical breakdown and developing proposals, based on expertise and analysis. It is recommended to conduct further research of facts about the one (1) firm you select among the 3 listed below: IKEA (Inter IKEA Holding) Lehren, A. W., De Luce, D., & Schecter, A. (2021). Ikea Likely to have sold furniture linked to illegal logging in forests crucial to Earth’s climate, report says. NBC News, July 14, 2021. Retrieved at: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/ikea-likely-sold-furniture-linked-illegal-logging-forests-crucial-earth-n1273745 Meta: Facebook & Instagram Bursztynsky, J. & Feiner, L. (2021). Facebook Documents Show How Toxic Facebook Instagram Toxic Instagram is for Teens, Wall Street Journal Reports. CNBC. Tech. September 14, 2021. Retrieved at: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/facebook-documents-show-how-toxic-instagram-is-for-teens-wsj.html Apple, Inc. Sonnemaker, T. (2020). Apple Knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties, despite the company’s promise to hold itself to the ‘highest standards’, report says. Business Insider. December 31, 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-labor-supplier-3- years-cut-costs-2020-12 It is required to analyze the facts, using theories and concepts from reputable sources, beyond the Internet. The readings and research in the excellent Touro library are strongly recommended. Reputable sources, such as peer-reviewed and top practitioner journal articles, are vetted by experts. The paper is 5 – 8 page long, excluding the bibliography and appendices. The case midterm paper should cite and utilize 4 – 5 articles. Introduction: It is the roadmap, explaining what the paper does (such as selected company, answering the questions to explain and analyze the ethical breakdown, propose solutions, etc.) Main Body 1. Identify and briefly discuss the main ethical problems & concerns regarding the selected company and its ethical breakdown. 2. How did these ethical problems develop and who was responsible? 3. How could the ethical problems have been avoided? 4. Identify and apply theories and concepts, including concepts & theories of business ethics, but not only, that are relevant and applicable to the company ethical breakdown. Analyze the situation, using these theories. 5. As a business analyst, what would you recommend the firm to do, in order to effect change and become ethical: apply & discuss relevant theories & concepts. Conclusions: Sum up the main points of the paper. List of references (using the APA style) Articles for Case Assignment Guidelines: Please use the APA style for referencing, in text, as well as to format the list of references. Write the paper in Word double-spaced. In order to streamline the paper, use questions as subtitles. The introduction is a mere roadmap, informing the reader what the paper will do. The conclusions merely sum up the main points of the paper. Include 4-5 references from the Touro library and Module 4 Readings (cite each at least once). It is recommended to utilize peer-reviewed and top practitioner journals articles (as those in the readings). Referencing is both in text and the bibliography.
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