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Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global
Business Environment

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges
in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business
practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition
among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as Apple’s Chief
Compliance Officer and must prepare a video presentation for Apple’s suppliers
regarding Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via a web meeting. To
prepare for your presentation, review Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct, located
at https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/.
Submit a four to six (4-6) page paper.

You must also create a presentation using
PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) summarizing the important changes and
explanations regarding the code of conduct that you communicated in your paper
to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference.

Part 1: Paper

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which
you:

  1. List specific changes
    that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least
    one (1) example of each change.

  2. Explain the identified
    changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards
    that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint
presentation in which you:

  1. Summarize Apple’s
    Supplier Responsibility information.

  2. Discuss Apple’s stance
    on each of the following areas:

    1. Empowering workers

    2. Labor and Human Rights

    3. Health and Safety

    4. The Environment

    5. Accountability

  3. Identify the key ways
    that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

  4. Examine the manner in
    which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a
    socially responsible organization.

  5. Provide detailed
    speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

  6. Submit a reference
    page with at least two (2) quality references that you have used for this
    presentation/ paper. Note:
    Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these
formatting requirements:

  • Format the PowerPoint
    presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant
    graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation
    is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor
    for any additional instructions.

  • Include a title slide
    containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
    name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not
    included in the required slide length.

Written paper, your assignment must follow
these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double
    spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
    sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
    Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

  • Include a cover page
    containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
    name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
    not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes
associated with this assignment are:

  • Evaluate the
    influences of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological
    forces on business and society.

  • Use technology and
    information resources to research issues in business and society.

  • Write clearly and
    concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading
rubric for this assignment.

Grading for this
assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper,
and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global Business Environment

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

Part 1:Paper

1. List specific changes that
Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least one
(1) example of each change.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely
listed specific changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent
years. Did not submit or incompletely provided at least one (1) example of
each change.

Insufficiently listed specific
changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years.
Insufficiently provided at least one (1) example of each change.

Partially listed specific changes
that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Partially
provided at least one (1) example of each change.

Satisfactorily listed specific
changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years.
Satisfactorily provided at least one (1) example of each change.

Thoroughly listed specific changes
that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Thoroughly
provided at least one (1) example of each change.

2. Explain the identified changes
to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards that
Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely
explained the identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they
will understand the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their
relationship with the company.

Insufficiently explained the
identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand
the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship
with the company.

Partially explained the identified
changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the
standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with
the company.

Satisfactorily explained the
identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand
the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship
with the company.

Thoroughly explained the
identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand
the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship
with the company.

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

3. Summarize Apple’s Supplier
Responsibility information.

Weight: 5%

Did not submit or incompletely
summarized Apple’s Supplier Responsibility information.

Insufficiently summarized Apple’s
Supplier Responsibility information.

Partially summarized Apple’s
Supplier Responsibility information.

Satisfactorily summarized Apple’s
Supplier Responsibility information.

Thoroughly summarized Apple’s
Supplier Responsibility information.

4. Discuss Apple’s stance on each
of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely
discussed Apple’s stance on each of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

Insufficiently discussed Apple’s
stance on each of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

Partially discussed Apple’s stance
on each of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

Satisfactorily discussed Apple’s
stance on each of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

Thoroughly discussed Apple’s
stance on each of the following areas:

a. Empowering workers

b. Labor and Human Rights

c. Health and Safety

d. The Environment

e. Accountability

5. Identify the key ways that
Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely
identified the key ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last
year.

Insufficiently identified the key
ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

Partially identified the key ways
that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

Satisfactorily identified the key
ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

Thoroughly identified the key ways
that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.

6. Examine the manner in which
Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially
responsible organization.

Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely
examined the manner in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the
organization operate as a socially responsible organization.

Insufficiently examined the manner
in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a
socially responsible organization.

Partially examined the manner in
which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a
socially responsible organization.

Satisfactorily examined the manner
in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a
socially responsible organization.

Thoroughly examined the manner in
which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a
socially responsible organization.

7. Provide detailed speaker notes
of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely
provided detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering
the presentation.

Insufficiently provided detailed
speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Partially provided detailed
speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Satisfactorily provided detailed
speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Thoroughly, provided detailed
speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

8.Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting / Oral Communication.
Clarity and Coherence of Writing / Presentation

Weight: 10%

Serious and persistent errors in
grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting / oral communication.
Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and
evidence that logically support ideas.

Numerous errors in grammar,
spelling, and punctuation, or formatting / oral communication.

Information is somewhat confusing
with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Partially free of errors in
grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting / oral communication.

Information is partially clear
with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Mostly free of errors in grammar,
spelling, punctuation, or formatting / oral communication. Information is
mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically
support ideas.

Error free or almost error free
grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting / oral communication.
Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with
reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

9.Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and  2
reference provided

Weight: 10%

Lack of in-text citations and / or
lack of reference section.

In-text
citations and references are given, but not in APA format. Does not meet the
required number of references, and / or references are of poor quality.

In-text citations and references
are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.
Meets the required number of references; some or all references poor quality
choices.

Most in-text citations and
references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA
style. Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.

In-text citations and references
are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in
APA style. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality
choices.

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