(b) Assess the extent to which social responsibility issues could and should affect his decision to move into the
new product area. (8 marks)
(c) Mr Cobar, the chief executive of SHC, has decided to draft two alternative statements to explain both possibleoutcomes of the secrecy/licensing decision to shareholders. Once the board has decided which one to pursue,the relevant draft will be included in a voluntary section of the next corporate annual report.Required:(i) Draft a statement in the event that the board chooses the secrecy option. It should make a convincingbusiness case and put forward ethical arguments for the secrecy option. The ethical arguments shouldbe made from the stockholder (or pristine capitalist) perspective. (8 marks)(ii) Draft a statement in the event that the board chooses the licensing option. It should make a convincingbusiness case and put forward ethical arguments for the licensing option. The ethical arguments shouldbe made from the wider stakeholder perspective. (8 marks)(iii) Professional marks for the persuasiveness and logical flow of arguments: two marks per statement.(4 marks)
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(c) Explain how absolutist (dogmatic) and relativist (pragmatic) ethical assumptions would affect the outcomeof Anne’s decision. (6 marks)
(b) Explain the roles of a nominations committee and assess the potential usefulness of a nominations committeeto the board of Rosh and Company. (8 marks)
(ii) Determine whether your decision in (b)(i) would change if you were to use the Maximin and Minimaxregret decision criteria. Your answer should be supported by relevant workings. (6 marks)
(c) Excluding the number of complaints by patients, identify and briefly explain THREE quantitativenon-financial performance measures that could be used to assess the ‘quality of service’ provided by theDental Health Partnership. (3 marks)
(ii) Briefly discuss FOUR non-financial factors which might influence the above decision. (4 marks)
(b) Explain how growth may be assessed, and critically discuss the advantages and issues that might arise as aresult of a decision by the directors of CSG to pursue the objective of growth. (8 marks)
