Getting trained and immersed in ethics and governance scholarly literature can be challenging, that students of this important subject need to understand, that to become future ethical business leaders and contributors. The purpose of this assignment is to build up your ability to bridge normative theories and scholarly readings.
From each of these readings, identify whether each uses Deontology, Teleology or Virtue ethics, or a combination to justify their approach. While it may seem like a challenging reading task, please remember, the use of these four readings actually makes your assignment easier.
Assignment 1 Readings
1Gupta R. 2019, Ethics and ethical dilemmasa practical approach. Vinimaya. 2019; Vol: 40 No 1, pp. 519.2Hiekkataipale, M. and Lms, A.-M. (2017), (A)moral agents in organisations? The significance of
ethical organisational culture for middle managers exercise of moral agency in ethical
problems, Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 155, No. 1, 1471613Reddy Y.R.K., 2009, The ethics of corporate governance An Asian perspective, International Journal of Law and Management, Vol. 51 No. 1, pp. 17-264Christensen, SL. and Kohls J, 2003, Ethical Decision Making in Times of Organizational Crisis A Framework for Analysis, Business & Society, Vol. 42 No. 3, 328-358.
Finding Additional Readings
This assignment offers you the opportunity to find additional scholarly literature that would help you to explain the different definitions of ethics theories, such as Kantian, Deontology, Teleology etc. Finding relevant scholarly literature will assist in helping you to come to valuable judgments as to why readings (1) to (4) may be demonstrative of one of these theories.Assignment 1 TemplateDownload this template for 
to help you. The template has two columns in a table, use the right column to select paragraphs of text from the readings that are rich and meaningful and in the left column, analyse and use this to critically engage and explain your justification for the identification of theories.
Warning
This assignment can be challenging for students who may not be confident in constructing an argument – remember, we are not looking for memorised or cut and pasted answers, but how you justify critically your recognition of a particular theoretical influence. Use Turnitin to check, whether you are just citing verbatim, because we want you to develop your own critical judgement.
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