Fat-E has decided to begin selling service to All-Trade Outdoor (ATO) who is a national retailer that requires large volumes sent to their distribution centres located in Kelowna BC and Montreal QC. Fat-E will be required to ship in TL quantity to both locations and the CEO has asked that you source a TL provider(s). The CEO has also reiterated their commitment in their company vision to remain ethical and sustainable and has asked that this also form a part of the decision making process. In discussion with the CEO, you have discovered that Fat-E does not have a formal ethics policy at the company. You recommend that this be considered and agree to provide some guidance on what an ethics policy should include.

Specifically, you have been asked to:

Detail the factors that you would use in comparing truckload companies against each other and develop a proposed weight or ranking of the factors according to what you consider to be their level of importance in selecting a new carrier.

Consider and discuss the potential areas that a new ethical purchasing policy needs to address. These include: a) the rationale for why Fat-E should have a corporate ethical policy, b) who the policy should be protecting, and c) what ethical criteria should guide decisions on ethical conduct.

The CEO is not requesting you develop the actual policy at this time, rather consider the specific areas and discuss each in detail.

Your Assignment Your report should be approximately 1,500 words, and the structure should include a brief introduction to your challenges, your analysis and your recommendation organized separately for each challenge, and finally a conclusion.