Instructions:
Your response should indicate:
Your student number (do NOT include your name)
The case study number ('Case study 2) and the issue number (e.g.
issue number 2)
The document should be TYPED in MS Word, in Arial, Font Size 12 with 1.5
spacing. Paragraphs should be justified. The document must be spell-
checked, as marks may be deducted for language and spelling. The word
count for this written report should be between 400 and 700 and no more than
3 pages. The final word count should be included at the end of the written
submission.
Question 1
1.1 The new board of Dithaba Construction acknowledged the good
work that Lynn Peters has been doing to implement ethics
management systems like a whistleblower hotline. State the nature
and purpose of the mode of ethics management (MEM) in which
ethical behaviour is detected in a company and good conduct is
recognised (rewarded).
1.2 Explain how the new board of Dithaba Construction is displaying
responsibility and transparency for ethics in the company as part of
the King IV "ICRAFT" leadership characteristics.
1.3 Explain why the following can assist with the setting of an ethical
tone in a company:
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a new directors' induction programme,
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Question 2
a conflict of interest register for directors and
annual declarations of directors' shareholdings and board
membership.
1
2.1 Discuss why the following statement is too idealistic (i.e. why it is
not realistic or practical):
"The mission of ethics officers in a company should be to work
themselves out of a job."
2.2 Lynn Peters has implemented several ethics management systems
(practices) in Dithaba Construction, including an ethics training
programme and providing advice and guidance on ethics-related
matters to the board. State three other ethics management systems
that Lynn and her ethics office should implement in the company as
part of her responsibilities as an ethics manager.
Question 3
3.1 Assume Lynn Peters and her ethics office were able to produce an
ethics risk profile (an image of a company's 'state of ethics') as a
consequence of having performed an ethics risk assessment. Provide
detailed explanations as to why it would have been beneficial for
Dithaba Construction to produce an ethics risk profile.
3.2 Using the "barrel and good/bad apples" analogy, discuss why it is
in the best interest for a company have a successful ethics
management programme