Ethical Leadership: Analysis and Implementation

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Table of Contents
Part 1..............................................................................................................................2
a) Analysis of the case study..........................................................................................2
About the case............................................................................................................2
Ethical dimensions related to issues in the case.........................................................2
Ethical question related to the case............................................................................3
Role played by the company in the society................................................................3
Key stakeholders of the company..............................................................................4
Examples based on usage of ethical choices..............................................................4
Recommendations provided to the organization........................................................5
b) Implementation of ethical theories in the case study.................................................5
Demonstration of ethical theories..............................................................................5
Application of the ethical theories within the case study...........................................6
Conclusion......................................................................................................................7
Part 2..............................................................................................................................7
Discussion based on personal ethical leadership.......................................................7
Management of business as an ethical manager........................................................8
Bibliography.................................................................................................................10

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Part 1
a) Analysis of the case study
About the case
The case is related to the unethical practices that have been undertaken by ASOS
which is an online fashion retailer. The case study is also related to the ways by which a
British retailer named Marks & Spencer has used the human resources in an unethical or
ineffective manner. The issues that have taken place within the organizations based on lack of
effective levels of ethics related to different operations is a major part of the case study
(Albrecht et al. 2015). The issues had mainly taken place in the supply chain of the
organizations and the development of operations as well. The most significant issue is
thereby based on the unethical usage of child labour for the purpose of gaining profits. The
analysis in the report will be based on the ways by which the organizations are able to reduce
the usage of unethical means and resources in order to gain profits and increase the levels of
revenues as well (Aladwan, Bhanugopan and D'Netto 2015).
Ethical dimensions related to issues in the case
The ethical dimension which is considered to be a major part of the issues faced by
the organizations is related to the high levels of usage of child labour. The use of child labour
for revenues and profitability based purposes is considered to be unethical in nature. This
process deprives the children from different factors that are related to their childhood. The
harm is mainly caused on a mental, physical and social basis. This has further led to the
effective prohibition of child labour by organizations belonging to different industries (Al-
Emadi, Schwabenland and Wei 2015). The investigators in this case have found children of
belonging to the age limit of seven to eight years were working in the factory and sewing
shorts. The working hours of the employees in the organizations were also quite high as

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compared to the standards. Children who were working in the organization had been
exhausted to a level up to which they were unable to attend school. The organizations were
thereby not following regulations that were developed for the purpose of maintaining the
ethical standards in an effective manner (Bamberger, Meshoulam and Biron 2014). The
ethical aspects of business operations were not provided with much importance by the
organizations which had further led to the lack of reputation in different fields. The
transparency levels of the business operations of ASOS were not maintained effectively in
fashion retail based industry (Banfield, Kay and Royles 2018).
Ethical question related to the case
The ethical question which has been raised in the case study is based on the fairness
of the usage of child labour for the purpose of gaining revenues and profitability. The
organizations had also denied the truth behind the reports which had been provided by
investigators based on this case. This is considered to be a major issue which has also
affected the reputation of a high street based organization like Marks & Spencer or a famous
online retailer like, ASOS (Brewster, Chung and Sparrow 2016). The effect which has been
caused in the reputation of the organizations was quite high due to the questions that have
been raised based on the proper implementation of ethical theories within the organizational
processes. The organizations had developed an effective position in the industry with the help
of different types of products and services. The ethical questions that have been raised against
the organization have tampered the effectiveness of the operations and reputation as well
(Collings 2014).
Role played by the company in the society
The two fashion retail based organizations namely ASOS and Marks & Spencer have
provided latest trends and fashion to the customers who are a part of the society. The
organizations operate in the industry based on the proper fulfilment of fashion based needs of