GCSE Business courses based on this specification should encourage candidates to:

• Actively engage in the study of business and economics to develop as effective and independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds

• Use an enquiring, critical approach to distinguish between fact and opinion, build arguments and make informed judgements

• Develop and apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to contemporary issues
in a range of local, national and global contexts

• Appreciate the range of perspectives of different stakeholders in relation to business and
economic activities

• Consider the extent to which business and economic activity can be ethical and sustainable.