KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

Curriculum Overview KS3

Subject: Business Studies Overview effective from[date ]: September 2017

3.2.2 Ethical and environmental considerations

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Ethical behaviour requires businesses to act in ways that stakeholders consider to be both fair and honest.

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Starter – Bitesize video on ethics Recap understanding of ethical objectives vs profit objectives from earlier topic. Teacher brings a range of clothes or food into class – students to identify where clothes/food are manufactured – show food miles map Students to discuss why food miles are such a problem? Recap why businesses locate internationally. Show Apple video – student discussion about the issues identified in the video. Billion Dollar Chicken Shop Episodes 1-3 – excellent video resource on all ethical and businesses areas – section in episode two shows a new initiative by KFC on giving leftover food to local charities. Corporate social responsibility in bottled water market – BBC Bitesize video on corporate social responsibility (CSR) - selling water Complete question 1c) 4 marks June 2016 on ethical business. Blood, sweat and t-shirts videos – show a clip to students to open a discussion. What can businesses do to ensure that they are ethical in their approach? Fairtrade website Co-op fairtrade webpage Based on discussions and work from previous lessons, students create a table for the main benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour.

To identify and analyse where there may be a possible trade-off between ethics and profit.

Ethical considerations

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To understand the benefits and drawbacks of ethical behavior.

Students are expected to know relevant examples of ways in which a business can behave ethically.

Ethics case study and materials – Primark Complete question 1c) 6 marks June 2013.