Ethics,responsibility and sustainability Assignment 

Assessment Instructions

This assessment is an individually written business report that requires you to examine the business of the online Consumer-to-manufacturer, Temu, to identify issues that are ethically problematic and develop potential resolutions to these issues from the standpoint of responsible management.

You will conduct an analysis, and report on the responsibility of business in the online Consumer-to-Manufacturer (C2M) industry based on the concepts, theories, and frameworks discussed in class and in the readings in Weeks 5 – 8.

You will take the perspective of an Ethics Officer hired by the company to critically examine the business of Temu. You must evaluate key issues that relate to responsible management and corporate social responsibility (CSR), develop conclusions about the company’s business practices, and offer recommendations on how the firm can (better) practice responsible management.

You are expected to conduct secondary research on the company and the Consumer-to-Manufacturer (C2M) industry by gathering online information and publicly available data. You must analyse the information gathered using course concepts, theories, and frameworks.

The report must be well structured and concisely written. It must include essential information to enable the reader to understand the report findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

The report must contain the following:

1. Provide a brief description of Temu and Online Consumer-to-Manufacturer (C2M) business worldwide –

• How does Temu’s business model work?
• How much revenue does the company make?
• Where does Temu mostly manufacture its products?
• How many employees does the company employ?
• Who are Temu’s direct competitors?
• Who are its target customers?
• Why is Temu a highly profitable business?

2. Identify and describe problematic business issues using the responsible management framework (Week 5).

3. Identify key stakeholders involved in these issues and discuss their power and interests in the business (Week 6).

4. Evaluate the business based on Carroll’s model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Week 7), paying close attention to the link between ethical issues and key business stakeholders (Weeks 5, 6, 7 & 8).

5. Write your conclusions about the company’s practices –

• Do the company’s business practices reflect those of a responsible business?

6. Propose and justify at least two recommendations to address the ethical issues you have identified and to protect stakeholder interests according to the concept of business responsibility Include citations using APA 7th edition where appropriate Include a table of contents, a reference list in APA 7th format, and appendices

The following resources will help you jumpstart your research:

• Temu:
  https://www.temu.com/ The Wall Street Journal | How Temu’s Explosive
• Growth Is Disrupting American E-Commerce : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jG-1FfGx5c&t=180s
• The Sun UK:
  https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/33167991/how-is-temu-made-labour-cheap-clothes/?utm_source
• Harvard Business School:
  https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/how-Temu-and-temu-conquered-fast-fashion-and-forged-a-new-business-model?utm_source
• Video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWotBPtsulo