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BUS320 Task 1 Notes

This document discusses sustainability and ethics in law firms. It addresses environmental sustainability initiatives law firms can undertake, as well as their social responsibilities. It also examines environmental problems law firms may contribute to and how firms can set goals to reduce their impact. Additionally, the document looks at business ethics and technology, including how law firms should handle big data collection, surveillance of clients, and mitigate risks of information technology integration. Internal business ethics are also covered, such as the role of public expectations and ensuring equitable opportunities and pay.

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BUS320 Task 1 Notes

This document discusses sustainability and ethics in law firms. It addresses environmental sustainability initiatives law firms can undertake, as well as their social responsibilities. It also examines environmental problems law firms may contribute to and how firms can set goals to reduce their impact. Additionally, the document looks at business ethics and technology, including how law firms should handle big data collection, surveillance of clients, and mitigate risks of information technology integration. Internal business ethics are also covered, such as the role of public expectations and ensuring equitable opportunities and pay.

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Introduction including overview of law firms and their pros & cons; including but not limited to the

con of possessing the potential for constant legal scrutiny and inquisition.

1) Sustainability of firm; environmental sustainability initiatives, representation and preservation


of legal system by abiding by legal rules with and without supervision, engagement in
philanthropic ventures when possible (such as pro bono cases).
a. Pyramid of company social responsibility
b. Balancing equitable representation versus whitewashing
c. Triple bottom line and implementation in a law firm

2) Environmental sustainability extending to the ten major environmental problems,


a. Ten major environmental problems (creating a chart with ticks and crosses
representative of the environmental problems that existing law firms contribute or do
not contribute to).
b. Existing regulation by governing bodies and the role they play in influencing
businesses (specifically noting the environmental regulations that law firms are
obligated to observe and comply with).
c. Debits and credits to a firm when abiding by environmental legislation or social
obligations/expectations (create a list of all potential expenses with estimated
monetary expense – extending to increased labour exertion or resource expenditure).
d. The call for businesses to set goals regarding environmental impact (create list of
potential goals that a law firm may implement).

3) Business ethics and technology


a. Description of Big Data and its collection methods along with individual rights (role
of law firm in storing big data of clients and how a priority should be made in both
retaining data and securing it).
b. Surveillance of customers used by businesses including social media (the
responsibility and limits included with ensuring client safety along with pre-
emptively monitoring client activity).
c. Potential liabilities of business integration of information technologies (where these
risks may become apparent in a law firm and the means that must be taken to mitigate
risks).
Conclusion

Internal business ethics


d. Role that the public plays in business ethics; noting impacts of expectation,
observation, and action from the public (outline potential opportunities that
e. Equitability of pay between positions, equality of opportunity between genders and
ethnicities, equality of opportunity in applicants (examples of each in a law setting
along with possible initiatives/solutions),
f. Outline definitions of immoral, amoral, and moral management schemes with their
five layers (state importance of each level in a legal environment).

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