This is the second and final assignment for Unit 37- Understanding Business Ethics. I achieved a DISTINCTION in this assignment and an overall grade of D*D*D* (highest grade possible) Please DO NOT copy, but please use it as a guide as it will help you pass. Good Luck with your course!
Jay Healy
P4 & M3
There are a lot of different communities that Marks and Spencer’s need to
consider when they are operating but who are they…
Local Communities- a local community is a group of interacting people sharing an
environment.
Regional/ National Communities- Regional Communities are groups of people located in
the same geographic area.
Global Communities- the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely
connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and
politically interdependent.
Pressure Groups- a pressure group can be described as an organised group that does not
put up candidates for election, but seeks to influence government policy or legislation.
They can also be described as interest groups, lobby groups or protest groups.
Environmentalists- a group of people concerned about environmental quality especially
of the human environment with respect to the control of pollution.
Government- a government is the system or group of people governing an organized
community, often a state.
European Union- The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member
states that are located primarily in Europe.
P4 & M3
Local communities will always be anxious when any business of any size decides to operate
within their area. Let alone a large retailer like Marks and Spencer’s. If they were to open a
store in a town like Wainfleet then you can bet that their store would cover half of the town.
Although this would bring a flurry of jobs and money to the locals it would also make them
concerned with the amount of space that a Marks and Spencer’s store would occupy, the town
would then consequently be claustrophobic when customers from other places come to shop
and there isn’t enough room for car spaces as it is. A local town is also meant to be more
rural, less modern, if Marks and Spencer’s were to open a store then this would take away that
from a local town which is why some people and the council may say no to something like this
from happening.
Marks and Spencer’s are in a bit of heat with the locals of Newark at the moment as they are
currently pondering on whether to move their in town store out of town and more away from
the city centre. Is this ethical? Locals complain that Marks and Spencer’s are the big dogs that
attract the customers to the town, which is where the smaller businesses get their customers
from. If Marks and Spencer’s were to move out of town then people would just drive straight
to their store, do their shopping and drive home, simultaneously disregarding the other small
businesses located in town. But is it M&S’s job to be thinking about those other businesses.
Surely they should be more concerned about their stakeholders. Marks and Spencer’s have said
that the new store is going to be much larger with a brand new coffee shop and much larger
café. This would bring much more jobs to the locals of Newark so in my opinion there
shouldn’t be any complaints.
The stakeholders of Marks and Spencer’s would also receive huge benefits from this makeover.
With the higher grounds being made Marks and Spencer’s are expecting a lot more customers
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