Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global Business Environment

Assignment 2:
Challenges in the Global Business Environment
Due Week 9 and worth 330 points
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.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/”>https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/. Next, use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop,
or traditional video recorder to record a maximum of a five to seven (5-7)
minute dynamic video on Apple’s Code of Conduct. Alternatively, you may submit
a four to six (4-6) page paper instead of the video submission.
In addition to the recorded video, 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 video presentation to email to the
suppliers after the meeting for future reference.
You must submit both parts of the assignment to
receive full credit.
Note:If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will
need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order
to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing
service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video
file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox
app.
Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard,
view the Kaltura video tutorial found in your online course shell (Week 9).
Please use the following naming convention in the
popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:
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Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Challenges in the Business
Environment
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Tags: BUS475, Business Environment
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Description: First Name, Last Name – BUS475 Assignment 2 (Date Uploaded ex.
11-14-2014)
Part 1: Video
Presentation OR Paper
Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of
five to seven (5-7) minutesOR 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.

a.
Empowering workers
b.
Labor and Human Rights
c.
Health and Safety
d.
The Environment
e.
Accountability
1.
Identify the key ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since
last year.
2.
Examine the manner in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the
organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
3.
Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were
delivering the presentation.
4.
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:
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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.
If you choose the written paper, your assignment
must follow these formatting requirements:
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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.
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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:
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Evaluate the influences of changing economic, political, social,
cultural, and technological forces on business and society.
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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.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/BUS/475/1152/Week%209/Week%209%20Assignment%202%20Rubric.html”>here to view the grading rubric for this
assignment.