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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'
Briefly describe that you are going to report on the ethical standards and actions of the following major internet companies: Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook
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?'
Survey 10 people and ask: How ethical do you think each of the following companies is?
Rate the answers from 1-10 (totally unethical to completely ethical)
Report the average result for each company in a table
Report your own initial ethical rating of the same companies
'Ethical/Code of Conduct Policies'
Locate the ethical policy/code of conduct for each company
Suggestion: Search <company name> ethics policy or code of conduct
Write a brief summary of the policy
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'
Locate and briefly describe any reports of unethical conduct by the companies (maximum 3).
Suggestion: Search <company name> unethical
Do these reports match the companies' policies?
'Australian Tax'
Locate reports of the tax paid in Australia by the companies
Do these companies pay a fair share of tax in Australia?
'Summary'
Are the companies as ethical as they claim?
Are some companies better than others?
Do you have any recommendations for better ethical behaviour?
Having done the research, what is you final ethical rating for the companies.
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