Business ethics and social responsibility
Introduction –
•Covid 19 and the issues it’s caused eg disruption to education settings such as the University of Bradford.
•talk about the restrictions caused due to pandemic and government restrictions and leaving the house wasn’t permitted.
•talk about the different stake holders effected and how
•university of Bradford had to put measures in place to protect the well being of its staff and students.
First policy – flexibility within assessments..
•what was the flexibility? (Can be found on university of Bradfords website… supplementaries at first attempt, not requiring evidence with extenuating circumstances, leniency with extensions)
•why was this necessary during the pandemic?
•discuss effectiveness by describing the positives for this and the limitations
Positives- students not adversely effected
Staff work load decrease due to no evidence
Negatives- some students get more of an advantage through lying about their circumstances.
Staff work load increase due to extensions
•suggest alternative to universities policy on assessments… maybe via video call and verbal assessment.
Second policy – only able to attend campus if your course is practical
•why was this necessary, to limit face to face interaction etc…
•talk in detail about which students were able to attend campus
•talk in detail about how some staff were asked to risk themselves (those working within practical subjects)
•some students and staff will have underlying health conditions or go home to families with underlying issues…
•alternative could have been to create bubbles like lower stage education settings have done
•link to first topic on assessments and how this could lead to cheating, meaning credibility of university is lost
•students lose opportunity to gain key skills for socialising
•timing of announcements that teaching would be online was shortly after students had paid rent so lots of money lost
Third policy – very critical as it is about mental health
•information can be found
•no facts and figures about how many people use this service or what the waiting time is like. Try to research this and find it out
•link to how not being able to visit campus causes these mental health issues
•use figures to show the rising effect of mental health issues so having 24/7 support was necessary
Conclusion-
University of Bradford put lots of different arrangements in place, did the best for their stakeholders. Tried to ensure they supported staff and students…
How far did they succeed with this??
Key points:
Refer to key ethic theories and social responsibility…
Use figures to critically analyse…
Identify the ethical theory underpinning each policy. Talk about these in detail referring to sources throughout…
