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Ethical behaviour of UK supermarket Tesco.  

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Foundation Degree in Accounting and Finance Subject: Organisational Behaviour Assignment Title: Ethical behaviour of UK supermarket Assignment Submission: w/c 29/03/2004 Course Tutor: C.E. Stafford Name: Daisy So Course Code: FDA Contents Introduction 3 Stakeholders of Tesco 3 Internal stakeholders 3 External stakeholders 3 Connected stakeholders 4 Consideration of Power 4 Tesco's Mission Statement 4 Tesco's actions towards the society 5 Deontology Approach 5 Utilitarianism Approach 6 Teleology Approach 6 Egoism Approach 6 Improvement in ethical behaviour of Tesco 7 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Reference 9 Ethical behaviour of Tesco plc Introduction I carried out a research on UK supermarkets' social responsibilities and business ethics, I decided I will use Tesco plc for this assignment. The reason being Tesco has a wide range of policies regarding their supplier, customers, shareholders and the community. "At Tesco, we aim to make a positive contribution to society. Our CSR programme builds on this commitment and is backed by our 'Every Little Helps' approach." John Gardiner, chairman, Tesco Tesco adopted both the agency theory and the stakeholder theory and it has the intelligent self-interest (Mullins 2002). Tesco uses a combination approach of deontology, utilitarianism, teleology and egoism (Boddy 2002) to the ethical of the society. An...

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