How ethical are major internet companies

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Task: Research and Write a Business Report that Addresses the Question:

‘How Ethical are Major Internet Companies?'

Methodology:

Write a Business report with the following report headings and content:
• ‘Introduction'
o Briefly describe that you are going to report on the ethical standards and actions of the following major internet companies:
- Google
- Microsoft
- Apple
- Facebook
o You will do this by conducting a short survey, locating and summarizing the company's Ethical and/or Code of Conduct policies, comparing their ethical policies with their actions, and drawing some conclusions about their ethical behaviour.

• ‘What do People Think?'
o Survey 10 people and ask: How ethical do you think each of the following companies is?
o Rate the answers from 1-10 (totally unethical to completely ethical)
o Report the average result for each company in a table
o Report your own initial ethical rating of the same companies

• ‘Ethical/Code of Conduct Policies'
o Locate the ethical policy/code of conduct for each company
o Suggestion: Search <company name> ethics policy or code of conduct
o Write a brief summary of the policy
o Briefly describe how each compare to the policy statements of the others? Longest/shortest, easiest to read/full of air, strongest stand/weakest, etc.

• ‘Ethical Behaviour'
o Locate and briefly describe any reports of unethical conduct by the companies (maximum 3).
o Suggestion: Search <company name> unethical
o Do these reports match the companies' policies?
• ‘Australian Tax'
o Locate reports of the tax paid in Australia by the companies
o Do these companies pay a fair share of tax in Australia?

• ‘Summary'
o Are the companies as ethical as they claim?
o Are some companies better than others?
o Do you have any recommendations for better ethical behaviour?
o Having done the research, what is you final ethical rating for the companies

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- Printed on one side
- 2.54 (1') Margins all around
- Times New Roman or Calibri font
- Major Headings 14pt Bold, Minor Headings 12pt Bold, body text 12pt
- Spell checked, correct English usage
- A blank line between paragraphs
- File in PDF format
- Length: Are you going to ask your boss how many words to write in a report?

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The following paper is a business report that addresses the question of how ethical are the major internet companies that operate globally in the current world. The companies chosen for this report are Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook. A survey has been conducted with 10 people to establish an idea of what the public thinks when it comes to the ethics and code of conduct of those companies. A summary of the policies of each organisation has also been provided, along with the relevant information pertaining to the taxes they pay in Australia. This paper has been prepared using Microsoft Office Word.

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11/18/2018 11:29:07 PM

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Do Not: Do not use academic referencing. A business report does not use referencing. To indicate where the information in your report comes from, use URLs (internet address) in the text E.G. This is an individual assignment – do not commit plagiarism! o Copy from some other student o Copy from the internet (You may quote and paraphrase, but don’t copy great slabs of text) o Pay someone else to write your report (I may ask for copies of you draft work) Anti-plagiarism software such as Turn-It-In will be used Due: 11.55pm, Friday28th,September 2018 A Moodle submission folder will be provided

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