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Ethical and environmental considerations
Ethical and environmental considerations in AQA GCSE Business 8132 focuses on how real firms make decisions in the influences on business part of the course. Students should connect key terms to business context, use evidence from case studies, and explain the likely effect on costs, revenue, profit, cash flow, customers, employees, owners, and other stakeholders. Strong revision separates similar concepts, weighs advantages against disadvantages, and uses figures where calculations or financial evidence are relevant. Exam answers should move beyond definitions by applying the idea to a specific business objective and reaching a justified judgement.
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Ethical considerations3 objectives
- Identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit.
- Analyse benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour by businesses.
- Use relevant examples of businesses behaving ethically.
Environmental responsibility and sustainability3 objectives
- Explain how businesses and consumers may accept greater environmental responsibility in decision making.
- Analyse costs and benefits of environmentally responsible business behaviour.
- Identify where a business may face a trade-off between sustainability and profit.
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- Ethical considerations exam tip 1: Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit..
- Ethical considerations exam tip 1: Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to analyse benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour by businesses..
Common mistakes
- Ethical considerations common mistake 1: Answer by clearly explaining how to identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit..
- Ethical considerations common mistake 1: Answer by clearly explaining how to analyse benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour by businesses..
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- CloudCart serves local families while changing supplier; the case evidence includes gross profit margin of ?6,184, sales of 729 units, and a 25% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit?
- RiverRun Catering serves tourists while improving quality control; the case evidence includes average order value of ?4,589, sales of 804 units, and a 8% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit?
- GreenGlow serves price-sensitive customers while using retained profit; the case evidence includes break-even output of ?11,056, sales of 711 units, and a 27% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Identify where a business may face a trade-off between ethics and profit?
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