Ban Single-Use Plastic Products by 2020

Running head: BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY 2020
Ban single-use plastic products by 2020
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BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY 2020
Executive Summary
The prime purpose of the paper is to focus on the use of the ethical theories in the IKEA. The
paper will be focusing on disadvantages of using the single-use plastic products. The paper will
provide in-depth knowledge about the application of different types of ethical theories such as
the social contract theory and the stakeholder theory. The paper will be very much useful to
understand the importance of the ethical theories in the implementation of the strategies which
will be useful for this organization to achieve their goal of banning the use of plastic based
products by the end of the year 2020.

BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY 2020
Table of Contents
Analysis of ethical performance......................................................................................................4
Problems in terms of Environmental Sustainability........................................................................4
Problems in terms of Legal Responsibilities...................................................................................6
Problems in terms of Governance....................................................................................................8
Problems in terms of Responsible Management...........................................................................10
Role of Carroll’s levels of Corporate Social Responsibility.........................................................11
Stakeholder Mapping.....................................................................................................................12
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14
Reference.......................................................................................................................................16

BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY 2020
Analysis of ethical performance
Problems in terms of Environmental Sustainability
New policies and legislation should be implemented among the internal and the external
stakeholders of this business organization as it will be beneficial for IKEA. According to
Andrady (2015), the biggest challenge considering the environmental sustainability of IKEA is
the efficient utilization of the natural resources as it is the prime aspect of IKEA. The author of
this resource focused on the importance Corporate Social Responsibility on the efficient
selection of the location where raw materials can be easily accessed and processed. This is a
major issue for this global business organization. The resource helps in understanding the impact
of the inefficient selection of location of the raw materials as it has a direct impact on the growth
and productivity of the organization (Lam et al. 2018). The researcher of this resource focused
on the importance of the sustainable business to solve this matter. The researcher focused on the
importance of the equal distribution of resources in the paper. The authors of this resource
focused on the importance of maintaining the ecological balance of the environment as the main
product of this organization is home furnishing which require wide range of woods but there a
huge risk of ecological failure as the wrong choice of supply chain have a direct negative impact
on both the corporation as well as the environment. The author of this resource also focused on
the needs of the local market considering environmental sustainability (Russell 2018). The needs
and requirement of the market depend upon the location of the consumers also, and since this is a
global corporation is found in most countries of the worked the environment of the market is
needed to be analyzed in details so that sustainable development can be achieved. According to
the author corporate conscience and corporate ethics strategy will be very much beneficial for
IKEA to deal with the issue considering the sustainable environment. The prices of the goods