Week 9 BUS475 Assignment2
This assignment has two parts. You must submit both parts of the assignment to receive full credit.
PART 1)
For the first part you may submit a one to three (1-3) page memo that details what you would say in such a presentation following the same prompts as the video assignment below.
Paper Requirements
write a one to three (1-3) page memo in which you:
1. List specific aspects & parts of your company’s Supplier Code of Conduct, and any changes that you have made in recent years.
2. In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and society social responsibility.
your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow our Strayer school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
PART 2)
For the second part of the assignment, you will create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) summarizing the important aspects and explanations regarding the supplier code of conduct that you communicated in your video/paper presentation to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference. The specific points to cover are listed below.
Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.
Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation
Create a four to six (4-6) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
1. Summarize your chosen company’s Supplier Code of Conduct information.
2. Discuss your company’ s stance on each of the following areas:
a. Empowering Workers
b. Labor and Human Rights
c. Health and Safety
d. The Environment
e. Accountability
3. Identify the key ways that your company’s Code of Conduct has changed in recent years (i.e. have there been any improvements made).
4. Examine the manner in which your company’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
5. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
6. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references from the past 2 years that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.
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Supplier Code of Conduct
Consumers, through retailers, have the potential to change the environment in which producers make their goods. The supplier code of conduct provides a rationale that the suppliers of different goods and services ought to fulfil if they are to successfully provide a firm with the said goods and services (Yu, 2008). Consequently, developing the codes with respect to the needs of the consumers and the principles based on which the company operates would be integral to reflecting the company’s values in the production process. While some of the aspects of the code of conduct are often straight forward, there are others that require further elaboration and potential adjustment as the social and economic environments evolve.
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