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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
3.2.2 Ethical and environmental considerations
Specification
content
Learning
objectives
Additional
guidance
Suggested
timing
(hours)
Learning activities and resources
Ethical
considerations
To identify and
analyse where
there may be a
possible trade-off
between ethics
and profit.
Ethical behaviour
requires
businesses to act
in ways that
stakeholders
consider to be both
fair and honest.
2
Starter –
Bitesize video on ethics
Recap understanding of ethical objectives vs profit objectives from earlier topic.
Teacher brings a range of clothes or food into class – students to identify where
clothes/food are manufactured – show
food miles map
Students to discuss why food miles are such a problem? Recap why businesses
locate internationally.
Billion Dollar Chicken Shop
Episodes 1-3 – excellent video resource on all ethical
and businesses areas – section in episode two shows a new initiative by KFC on
giving leftover food to local charities.
Corporate social responsibility in bottled water market –
BBC Bitesize video on
corporate social responsibility (CSR) - selling water
Complete question 1c) 4 marks June 2016 on ethical business.
To understand
the benefits and
drawbacks of
ethical behavior.
Students are
expected to know
relevant examples
of ways in which a
business can
behave ethically.
1
Blood, sweat and t-shirts videos
– show a clip to students to open a discussion.
What can businesses do to ensure that they are ethical in their approach?
Fairtrade website
Co-op fairtrade webpage
Based on discussions and work from previous lessons, students create a table
for the main benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour.
Ethics case study and materials – Primark
Complete question 1c) 6 marks June 2013.