Corporate Ethics And Accountability Case Study

Corporate Ethics and Accountability

Introduction

This research paper is aimed towards understanding the corporate ethics and accountability at the Co-operative. The reason which gives this research a place is due to the ideologies and principles set out within the companies policies, the importance of corporate strategy and the goals and objectives give rise to this topic. When looking into a global company with a single reality its shareholders and staff should all share a similar sentiment to its core values and purpose, although whether acting as part of a tertiary sector or emphasizing fair trade the ethical foundation could be easily compromised from a differed opinion. The aims of this investigation is to compare and contrast the Co-operatives policies with another company of high sustain-ability value and decide from this whether it is extensive enough, also to apply some attention to how precise staff follow ethical policies from other companies to form a more in depth view. The reason for using these methods to gain the information is due to the reliability of forming an external view which can be applied to all companies, also with primary data being absent due to the companies recent losses being of focus it is the best available form of data.

Methodology

Observations

Reviewing a set of

However, through assessing the companies policies the extent is matching if not more in depth than other companies although, there is a lacking of authority and goal oriented policies which match the companies actions. For example, to apply so much attention and stress to staff while disregarding their needs is likely to leave employees feeling they are not respected or gaining much other than