Assignment 3 Ethics and sustainability analysis
Assessment tasks
1. Select one important sustainability issue of global significance and express this issue in no more than one short sentence (2 marks).
Note: you cannot select a ‘climate change’ related sustainability issue as this is the issue chosen for the demonstration example provided in the online discussion.
I choose immigration and refugee crisis in Europe
2. Describe the main environmental elements of your chosen global sustainability issue (5 marks).
Environment elements which “ topic” have influenced the world (3- 4 elements/conditions/ factors with references each”).
The format is used point opinion like
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· Gdfg
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3.Describe the critical social elements of this global sustainability issue
(5 marks).
3-4 withreferences each
4. Describe the key economic elements of this global sustainability issue
(5 marks).
3-4 withreferences each
5. Identifytwo major ethical problems which are strongly connected with your chosen global sustainability issue (2 marks).
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6. Discuss the two ethical problems identified in part 5 drawing on relevant ethical theory (8 marks).
(Utilitarianism, Kantian, Virtual, ..)
7. Your chosen global sustainability issue presents both significant threats and opportunities for business. Discuss these major threats and opportunities.
(5 marks).
8.Your chosen global sustainability issue will contain multiple causes of unsustainability and will cause actions which are considered unethical. You are required to
propose an ethical and sustainable solution to the problems which underpin this global sustainability issue. This proposed solution should address causes of
unsustainability, as well as financial, technological and behavioural barriers to removing these causes of unsustainability
(8 marks).
