Analysis of Business Ethics and Sustainability in Academic Writing

This essay critically analyzes the ethical behavior of academic writing companies, highlighting the rise in students using these services to meet deadlines and achieve higher scores. It discusses the proliferation of these companies and their practices, often providing solutions that may not reflect the student's own abilities and knowledge. The essay examines the ethical implications at personal, organizational, national, and international levels, focusing on issues like plagiarism and the impact on educational quality. It then evaluates the practices using normative theories of ethics, including consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. The essay concludes by suggesting that universities and governments should take steps to address these ethical concerns, such as implementing stricter assessment methods and potentially regulating these companies. The essay underscores the importance of academic integrity and the detrimental effects of relying on external writing services on students' learning and future professional capabilities.

Running head: BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Business ethics and sustainability
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

1BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
This is an essay, which critically analyzes the ethical behaviour of the academic
writing companies. The recent trends suggest that a large number of students are taking help
from these companies to meet their deadline and receive a score, which is above their
potential. This had lead to the development of large number of companies in the market who
are providing these services to various students by taking some amount of compensation from
the market. However, most of these companies claim they provide solutions that are just for
reference purposes, which will help the student to identify the ways of writing an academic
journal. Moreover, there are lot of things about academic writing which is unknown to
students having English as their second language and do not have enough support from the
universities (Wallace, & Newton, 2014). There are students who are struggling for help and
are not getting enough support, these people are forced to opt these kind of option so that they
have a chance to score a decent amount marks in their respective colleges.
The numbers of companies who have been providing these kinds of services to the
students have surged up significantly. Most of these companies rate least bothered about the
ways the student will be using the provided sample solution. There are some students who
buy these solutions as a reference for their own writing materials but there are large number
of student who have using the work of someone else to score good marks. These academic
writing companies provide excellent solution, which do not justify the ability of the students.
There are student who does not have any knowledge about the academic concept of the
assignment and just want to take a short cut in their life (Clare, Walker & Hobson, 2017).
These students do not want to work but need results to sustain in the Universities so they opt
for this convenient option. This is unfair for those entire students who are trying hard on their
own to create a good assignment. This is an important ethical issue as most of the student are
using this assignment solution in a wrong way and submitting plagiarised work of someone
else to gain good marks. The solutions provided by these companies are top class quality

2BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
papers and there are lot of students who do not have enough basic knowledge understand the
depth of the assignment. There are lot of students who are not use this methods and it is
unfair to the people who are working hard to achieve something. There is an ethical issue,
which is being faced by lot of universities and professors as they feel that there are lot of
student who are providing unexceptional assignments and scoring better marks than the
deserving ones (Lancaster & Clarke, 2014).
The emergence of large of companies in this industry has gained the attention of lot of
researchers and university professors who feel it is unethical to provide such service to these
students. There are students who feel that this is against the values and morality of an
individual and it is unethical on the part of the students and the companies to involve such
activities. The ethical aspect of this type of organization can be defined based on the core
values of the organization (Moriarty et al., 2016). However, all the companies who are
providing this kind of service to the clients are unethical in nature. The four levels of the
business ethics include the personal, organizational, national and international. The personal
level deals with the individual ethical practices in a business setting and there are lot of
academic writers who feel that they only help the students to provide them with the idea of
doing an assignment, which they are not capable of doing on their own. There are lot of
writers who feel that they provide the solution as a reference and how the student use it is not
a concern for them. However, considering the overall scenario the academic writers are
conducting unethical practices by providing the students with the desired solution (Dawson &
Sutherland-Smith, 2017). There is a generation of need in this industry and when the business
standards are concerned, all the companies will try to take advantage of this situation in the
market. Thus, from the perspective of the circumstances in the business environment it is the
right that the companies are making. There are some companies who try to defend their

3BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
morals and values by saying that they are providing guidance to the students that is not
unethical.
At an organizational level, the companies are following the trends followed by the
first movers in the industry. The practices followed by most of the companies are unethical as
they are allowing the student use the content of the report as their own. The companies are to
acquire more and more consumers and this has caused the organization to use means that are
ethically inappropriate. The vision of the company has been disrupted due to the urge in
gaining competitive advantage to the market and the companies have resorted to unethical
practices (Joseph 2017). This industry is having adverse affect on the society as the students
are looking for shortcuts to secure good marks in all the subjects. This will degrade the
quality of the students and they will become incompetent. There are lots of students who have
stopped studying and are totally relying on the solution that has been provided by the
companies in this market. This industry is causing harm for both the students and degrading
the quality of graduates all over the world. Globalization has increased the reach of these
companies and these companies have spread their markets in the different parts of the world.
This shows that this industry is affecting the society at an international level and there are
large numbers of students who are becoming the victims (Palmer, 2017). They are not
realizing this at this present moment but later on in their lives, these students will face
problems regarding the knowledge in their respective fields. The four levels of ethics are
clearly depicting the broader aspects where these malpractices are affecting the overall
development of students from all over the world.
The normative theories of ethics can be used to critically evaluate the practices
followed by these companies in the market. Consequentialism consists of two principles
where the validity of an act depends on its outcome. The act can be considered right or wrong
depending on the result, the students are submitting the work done by the professional

4BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
academic writers and they are securing good marks. Therefore, from a narrow perspective it
may seem that the outcome is good but in the end, the purpose of the assignment fails. The
assignment are given to students so that they are able learn new things on their own and grab
a better understanding of the subjects (Bonnemains, Claire & Tessier, 2016). However, the
students are getting good marks but they are unable to acquire any knowledge throughout the
course of their program. This phenomenon is having an adverse effect on the society as it is
degrading the quality of education in the society. Moreover, if this keeps on continuing there
will be further degrading in the education system where the student will be able to use
shortcut methods to achieve their goals. The personal value and the ethics of the student will
also be hampered as they stop doing the hard work they ought to do. When a student finds out
about this available option they will be able to make sure that they use every means possible
to secure good marks. Thus, the ethical values they have acquired over the period of time will
be eliminated and will lose all their morals and ethical virtues (Trevino & Nelson, 2016).
The deontology principle is different from the consequentialist theory and outcome of
the incident is not important in this field of philosophy. The theory of deontology is based on
nonconsequentilist theory where the means used to convey the act is very important. In this
scenario, the students are using unethical means and taking undue advantage of the
availability of these services. The organizations in this industry are using unethical means to
increase their consumer base where they are providing the students with the exact solution of
their assignments (Robinson, Page-Gould & Plaks, 2017). They are using Search Engine
optimization to lure in students and promise them to secure good marks in their respective
subjects. However, even though morally the practices used by this industry is wrong
according to deontology there is nothing wrong the methods used by the organization., The
organization is trying to fulfil the demand in the markets so that they are providing. They are
not using fraudulent methods but they are providing the students with accurate solution and

5BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
helping them to overcome their shortcoming and obstacles. The organization in this industry
is trying to provide guidance to those students who do not have knowledge regarding
assignments. Thus, it is seen that deontology is contradicting the theory proposed by the
consequentialist theory (Lefkowitz, 2017).
The theory virtue ethics is based on the personal virtue of the human beings
and in this case, the right or wrong will be dependent on the values and moralities of a
personal human being. Thus, the aspect of this industry will vary from person to person as
individuals have their own set of principles (Russell, 2016). The students who take help from
the companies in this industry feel that they are not doing anything unethical, as they do not
get enough amount of help from the universities. However, there are students who feel that
these are unethical practices, which should be strictly avoided. This contradiction in opinion
will depend on the individual value system of the various individuals.
The students who take help from the writers of the academic companies will have to
face a lot of hardship in their path later on in their life. People use the knowledge they have
gained during the graduation and post graduation to work in the industry (Clare, Walker &
Hobson, 2017). These students will not gain significant knowledge and they will face a lot of
challenges in the market. The students are meant to learn this concepts so that they can apply
those concept during their field of work in respected companies but as they are unable to gain
any previous knowledge they will not be able to apply these principles in the real life context
(Elliot, 2016). Moreover, they will be unable sustain in the market as they do not have the
capabilities and the knowledge. These types of individuals should be heavily penalised and
they should be forced to repeat a year so that they do not use similar methods. There is a
loophole that has been generated in this system and it is natural instinct that people take
advantage of the situations. The professors in the various universities all over the world do
not emphasise on finding out whether then student has written the assignment or not. The

6BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
universities should conduct a viva, which will test the knowledge of the students that they
gained throughout the project. The students who are caught should be severely penalised so
that this could set an example for the other students who are thinking of using this methods to
get good marks (Annas, 2017). The government should do something about it and make this
services provided by the companies as illegal. There are lot of companies in the market who
show a different mode of operation but their actual business something different. The
government from various parts of the the world should restrict these companies from
continuing their business in this field. The universities all over the world are also to be
blamed, as they do not provide enough support to the students (Wang, Cheney & Roper,
2016). The universities should start programs, which will provide the students with practical
knowledge regarding the execution of research studies and other projects, which require in
depth understanding of the various concepts. Similarly, they should teach students about the
statistical analysis tool, which will help the student in producing good projects.
Contract cheating is a problem, which the government from different parts of the
world are trying to stop. However, the universities have not been able to mitigate this issues
due to their lack of knowledge about the companies in this segment. The government form
different countries are to provide guidance regarding the usage of this services but this will
only be possible if the students stop relying on this companies (Gorski, 2017). The
government have made the rules stricter for the students and if caught under this crime they
could be recorded in the list of the criminals in the country. A proposal has been placed in the
government of Europe where the students will receive different forms of punishment
depending upon the severity of the crime. The students may be blacklisted or may be heavily
fined which will ruin the career of the student. However, even though the universities use
complex methods of detecting plagiarism but still they are unable to detect the event of
contract cheating (Newton & Lang, 2016). There are various countries where this industry is

7BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
legal and so the universities from the different parts of the world are helpless in doing
something about it (Van Hooft , 2014).
Thus, from the above essay it can be concluded that it is highly unethical of the
companies who are trying to provide the students with solutions of their academic
assignments. Moreover, the students who are using this methods to secure good marks should
be banned so that it could set an example for other students who use this malpractices. It is
unfair for those entire students who are working really hard to earn their grades. The
continuous expansion of this industry will degrade the quality of the degree offered by all the
top universities from all around the world. The loopholes in the university framework have to
be mended if they want to stop these activities. The universities will have to eliminate the
demand that has been generated by the students. The universities should conduct seminars
and workshops to educate the students especially the foreign student who have English as
their second language. The guidance provided by the universities will definitely reduce the
demand, as the students will feel more confident about doing the projects on their own. The
students should be provided with the better understanding of the subject so that they can
apply the concepts in a better way. Thus, the conclusion that can be drawn from the essay is
that these practices are highly unethical and should be prevented to make improvements in
the quality of the degree offered by the universities.

8BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Reference
Annas, J. (2017). Which Variety of Virtue Ethics?. In Varieties of Virtue Ethics(pp. 35-51).
Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Bonnemains, V., Claire, S., & Tessier, C. (2016). How Ethical Frameworks Answer to
Ethical Dilemmas: Towards a Formal Model. In EDIA@ ECAI (pp. 44-51).
Clare, J., Walker, S., & Hobson, J. (2017). Can we detect contract cheating using existing
assessment data? Applying crime prevention theory to an academic integrity
issue. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 13(1), 4.
Clare, J., Walker, S., & Hobson, J. (2017). Can we detect contract cheating using existing
assessment data? Applying crime prevention theory to an academic integrity
issue. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 13(1), 4.
Dawson, P., & Sutherland-Smith, W. (2017). Can markers detect contract cheating? Results
from a pilot study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1-8.
Elliot, D. (2016). The Turn to Classification in Virtue Ethics: A Review Essay.
Gorski, P. S. (2017). Recovered Goods: Durkheimian Sociology as Virtue Ethics. In Varieties
of Virtue Ethics (pp. 181-198). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Joseph, C. (2017). How Prevalent is Contract Cheating and to What Extent are Students
Repeat Offenders?.
Lancaster, T., & Clarke, R. (2014, July). An Observational Analysis of the Range and Extent
of Contract Cheating from Online Courses Found on Agency Websites. In Complex,
Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), 2014 Eighth International
Conference on (pp. 56-63). IEEE.

9BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Lefkowitz, J. (2017). Ethics and values in industrial-organizational psychology. Taylor &
Francis.
Moriarty, C., Lang, C., Usdansky, M., Kanani, M., Jamieson, M., Gallant, T. B., & George,
V. (2016). INSTITUTIONAL TOOLKIT TO COMBAT CONTRACT CHEATING.
Newton, P. M., & Lang, C. (2016). Custom essay writers, freelancers, and other paid third
parties. Handbook of academic integrity, 249-271.
Palmer, E. (2017). Beyond proximity: Consequentialist ethics and system dynamics. Etikk i
praksis-Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 11(1), 89-105.
Robinson, J. S., Page-Gould, E., & Plaks, J. E. (2017). I appreciate your effort: Asymmetric
effects of actors' exertion on observers' consequentialist versus deontological
judgments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 73, 50-64.
Russell, B. (2016). Contractualism, Consequentialism and the Moral Landscape: A New Pro-
Contractualist Picture of Ethical Theory.
Trevino, L. K., & Nelson, K. A. (2016). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to
do it right. John Wiley & Sons.
Van Hooft, S. (2014). Understanding virtue ethics. Routledge.
Wallace, M. J., & Newton, P. M. (2014). Turnaround time and market capacity in contract
cheating. Educational Studies, 40(2), 233-236.
Wang, Y., Cheney, G., & Roper, J. (2016). Virtue Ethics and the Practice–Institution
Schema: An Ethical Case of Excellent Business Practices. Journal of Business
Ethics, 138(1), 67-77.