6.3 and 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues: Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264 lesson

6.3 and 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues is one of the 4 lessons in Unit 6 External Influences on Business Activity of Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264, for first examination in 2027. It is an editable PowerPoint of 27 slides written against syllabus sections 6.3.1 and 6.4.1, with 2 embedded video case studies, 3 learning checks and an exit ticket. Also suitable for Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Business 0774 and Cambridge O Level Business 7081, which share the same content.

One lesson for two syllabus sections. How business activity harms the environment, why and how businesses respond, with the Gates Foundation and Tesla as examples and a video on why a business would fund environmental work, then legal controls and their costs. The ethics half covers fair wages, fair prices, choosing suppliers and child labour, with a video on why a business might use suppliers it should not, the conflict between profit and ethics, and the advantages and disadvantages of being ethical. An application task closes it.

Learning objectives

Taken from the objectives slide of the lesson, which follows the syllabus wording.

6.3.1 Environmental issues

• how business activity can negatively affect the environment, e.g. pollution, depletion of resources
• why businesses may respond to environmental issues, e.g. improved reputation, increased sales
• how businesses may respond to environmental issues
• effects of legal controls over business activity affecting the environment: how, what and where to produce or sell, influence on costs

6.4.1 Ethical issues

• ethical issues which may affect businesses, e.g. child labour, paying fair wages to employees, paying fair prices to suppliers, using suppliers who do not damage the environment
• how businesses may respond to ethical issues
• advantages and disadvantages of a business being ethical

What is in the lesson

The running order below is the deck as sold. Every lesson in the course follows the same shape: learning objectives, content slides with the real business examples, a learning check after each section, a case study with questions, key takeaways and an exit ticket. A teacher answer key (PDF), with model answers to every learning check, case question and exit ticket, is included when you buy the unit or the complete course.

Slide by slide (27 slides)

1. Title slide
2. Learning Objectives
3. Learning Objectives
4. How Business Activity Affects the Environment
5. More Environmental Impacts
6. Depletion of Resources
7. Learning Check
8. Why Businesses Respond
9. How Businesses Respond
10. Positive Business Initiatives
11. Case Study Explain one reason a business might fund work like this even though it… (video)
12. Legal Controls on Business Activity
13. Legal Controls: What, How and Where
14. Legal Controls: Costs
15. Learning Check
16. Ethical Issues in Business
17. Fair Wages and Fair Prices
18. Choosing Ethical Suppliers
19. Child Labour
20. Case Study Give two reasons a business might use suppliers that employ children, even… (video)
21. The Conflict: Profits and Ethics
22. How Businesses Respond to Ethical Issues
23. Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Ethical
24. Learning Check
25. Application Task
26. Key Takeaways
27. Exit Ticket

Where it fits

Week 38 of the 0264 scheme of work and pacing guide, which gives the course 46 weeks with a mock in week 41. Previous lesson: 6.2 Business and the International Economy. Next lesson: 6.5 Pressure Groups. All 28 lessons: Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264.

How to buy

The lesson on its own: 6.3 and 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues on TES. The unit: Unit 6 External Influences on Business Activity. The whole course in one download: 0264 Complete Bundle. Lesson 1.1 is free with its answer key if you want to see the format first.