Research Report

REPORT SHOULD HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE INTRODUCTION.*** PAPER TOPIC AS FOLLOWS: You are a consultant who has been engaged by the board of a large, publicly-listed company with significant overseas operations to help it in developing a code of conduct for its employees who negotiate contracts with both suppliers and corporate and public sector buyers of the company’s goods and services. You do not need to develop the code of conduct yourself, but your report to the board should clearly state the code’s objectives and explain and justify the ethical and governance principles behind the standards of behaviour, staff responsibilities, proper practices and unacceptable behaviour that you recommend should be included in the code. Your report should be based on your own, independent research and critical analysis, refer to appropriate academic literature, including journal articles, and be supported with real life examples.