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Ethics for Financial Professionals Assignment - Case Study Analysis

Learning Outcomes -

1. Apply ethical theories, principles and decision-making models in arriving at a responsible and ethical judgement in finance scenarios.

2. Communicate and meet the responsibilities of finance professionals in relation to stakeholder interests.

3. Apply knowledge of ethics and professionalism in financial services from corporate and individual perspectives in national and international settings.

Description - In this assignment, you'll be applying your learning about ethics and ethical decision-making to an authentic case, as you've been doing in the weekly seminars. Coming to an understanding of your own ethical approach and how others have theorized ethics is important for all professionals. Write your analysis as if you were writing to a prospective employer. That means your word choice, the terminology you use, your spelling and punctuation, and the structure of each response must be appropriate for a professional, and well-informed, audience. This is important to keep in mind as you draft, edit, and proofread your responses.

Assignment Details - You are required to choose ONE of the case studies. For your chosen case, respond in no less than 1800 words and no more than 2,000 words to the FIVE (5) questions, below. Ensure you draw on normative ethical theories in answering these questions as well as a wide range of other unit materials.

Question 1: What is an ethical issue in this case?

In answering this question, consider how you'll frame the ethical issue through attending to the context, making clear the facts and assumptions of the case and identifying and exploring the issues in tension (that is, the tension between rationality and sensibility and between autonomy and equality). You must also identify a moral agent. Who is making an ethical decision in this case? These are just some of the questions you can use to start formulating a response to this question. Don't be bound by these questions, but use them as a prompt to your thinking.

Question 2: What are the ethical boundaries in this case - the norms, principles and values relevant to the case?

In answering this question, you must identify the stakeholders, both those directly and those indirectly affected by the decision. What are the interests of the moral agent and the various stakeholders in this case? What are the competing ethical values and principles that underlie the ethical conflict? Use these questions to prompt your thinking. There are a host of other questions you could ask yourself as you prepare your response. Draw on the unit materials to help you explore this question.

Question 3: List alternative courses of action and the consequences of each possible course of action.

In answering this question, you must determine what is accurate and trustworthy in the information you have available to you. Use your knowledge of the ethical lenses and normative theory to substantiate your suggestions for courses of action. Don't forget to consider the consequences of each course of action.

Question 4: Identify the best course of action from the alternatives discussed in question 3 and justify that decision. What makes this the best possible ethical choice for this situation?

In answering this question, outline how this choice is consistent with the norms, values and principles identified in question 2, and how you have corrected for bias. Describe how you would evaluate this decision. Drawing on unit materials and wider reading will help you respond fully to this question.

Question 5: What are the responsibilities of a financial professional in this situation and in what ways have your responses so far demonstrated these responsibilities?

In answering this question, you might draw on the literature you've read on being a professional and consider in whose interests financial professionals work. To whom do financial professionals have responsibility?

Attachment:- Case Study.rar