2500-word essay: 'Using responsible business theory to critique Ford's sustainability plan'

2500 words is a maximum.

Ford have recently announced plans to upscale and accelerate their transition to electric vehicles (EVs). This is part of a broader pack of initiatives to improve Ford's environmental and social performance.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/27/business/ford-electric-vehicle-factories/index.html(Links to an external site.)

Here you can see as summary of Ford's integrated financial and sustainability reporting

https://corporate.ford.com/microsites/integrated-sustainability-and-financial-report-2021/files/ir21-summary.pdf(Links to an external site.)

https://corporate.ford.com/microsites/integrated-sustainability-and-financial-report-2021/files/ir21.pdf(Links to an external site.)

For the essay you are expected to analyse the following five elements.

Human Rights and Ethics - 700 words

• Reflect on the increase in supply chain issues in cobalt in relation to expansion of EV provision.
• Here I want you to go beyond basic description of cobalt and issues. I want you to reflect on the moral hazards presented by sourcing cobalt and think of this as an ethical dilemma using moral philosophical framings
• Analyse this usingONEtheoretical perspective of moral philosophy (Consequentialist (Utilitarian); Categorical (Kantian); Virtue Ethics Perspective.