Ethics and Sustainability in Commonwealth Bank of Australia

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ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The following report discussed the issues that regard the ethics as well as those that deal with the
sustainability within the given business organization. The report opened with the summarization
of the scenario that is faced by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the organization in
discussion. The report proceeded to discuss the stakeholder theory and thereafter analyzed the
conditions that are faced by the concerned organization in terms of the stakeholder theory. The
report further discussed some of the alternative solutions that might help in overcoming the
issues that are faced by the organization. The report concluded with the discussion of the best
possible solution that might help the organization to put forth an improvement in the overall
performance of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Summary of scenario.......................................................................................................3
Stakeholder Theory..........................................................................................................4
Analysis...........................................................................................................................5
Alternative solutions........................................................................................................7
Recommendation.................................................................................................................8
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................9
References..........................................................................................................................10

3ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
The following report aims to discuss the issues that regard the ethics as well as those that
deal with the sustainability within the given business organization. The report opens with the
summarization of the scenario that is faced by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the
organization in discussion. The report proceeds to discuss the stakeholder theory and proceeds to
analyze the conditions that are faced by the concerned organization in terms of the stakeholder
theory. The report then proceeds to discuss some of the alternative solutions that might help in
overcoming the issues that are faced by the organization. The report nears a conclusion with the
discussion of the best possible solution that might help the organization to put forth an
improvement in the overall performance of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Summary of scenario
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is one of the most prestigious financial
organizations that has been existing within the territorial boundaries of Australia. The financial
organization is known to be a multinational organization that was founded in the year 1911. The
multinational organization is known to have branches in many countries like Asia, Fiji, New
Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States (Gordon, 2018). The organization is known to
have a huge number of shareholders that amount to almost 800,000 shareholders all over the
world. The employee strength of the company is known to have been more than 52000
(Commbank.com.au., 2018). The company is recognized to be the best company that is active
within the Australian territories as well as the organization that provides the best services to the
clients of the organization. The bank is most popular for the overall services that it offers to the
clients of the organization (Eyers, 2014). The financial advisors of the organizations, however, in