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COURSEWORK 1 – INDIVIDUAL


COURSEWORK 1 – INDIVIDUAL

Year
2018
MONTH
DEC 2018

Subject
BUS 4023 BUSINESS ETHICS
Weight
25%
Presentation Date
 WEEK 8

 

REGULATIONS


A. Late Submission

·           A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays).
·           Late submission between 5 to 10 days, results in a 50% deduction of total coursework marks.
·           Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and the student will be barred from the final examination.

COURSEWORK 1- QUESTION



Students are required to select ONE (1) ethical issues from the issues listed below and critically analyze the issues pertaining to the selected issues/problems. Students are required to employ TWO (2) relevant ethical theories and formulate TWO(2) recommendations on the issues/problems. All evidences should be reported at the appendices section.

·         GMO- Genetically Modified Organism
·         Beijing Environmental Pollution
·         Caviar Industry - Caviar is a delicacy consisting of salt-cured fish-eggs
·         Diamond trade in Africa
·         Crude Oil Issues

ii. Evaluate the issues in depth and provide more insights /details during the presentation. You are also required to provide strong evidences in your analysis or report by applying relevant ethical theories. Marks will be based on your demonstration of broad understanding of the subject matter.

iii. Provide adequate recommendations on how these issues could be overcome.

Important Guidelines:


·         You are expected to present your critical analysis and strong arguments based on the highlighted theories and relate it with the real facts/available evidences. Information can be obtained from the company annual report, published articles, journals, books, etc.
·         The coursework write up must be able to demonstrate critical analysis and application of both theory and practical issues to the company that you have selected.
·         Student may include additional relevant data/information apart from the proposed guidelines in conjunction to your research. Additional marks will be awarded for such attempt.
·         Coursework should not be more than 2000 words. 
·         Coursework should use one and half spacing with 12-point font, New Times Roman and fully justified. Pages must be numbered. Appropriate APA Referencing System will be employed where applicable.       
·         Appropriate APA Referencing System will be employed where applicable.

·         Attach a copy of completed coursework cover sheet and a copy of grading scheme (shown in Appendix A)  

·         You should submit Turnitin report (hard & soft copy) with less than 25% plagiarism for both courseworks and a CD with softcopy version of your coursework.
·         The total marks for this assignment is 100%, but it carries 25% of overall assessment for this module.
   

Appendix A

COURSEWORK 1 -GRADING SCHEME - INDIVIDUAL



Name and Student ID:  __________________________________________________________
No.

Assessment Criteria
Weightings
Marks Allotted by Lecturer

 1.

Introduction
·         Discussion on the topic

20


2.

Comment and Application of 2 relevant Ethical Theories in analysis:
·        Ethical Theory 1
·        Ethical Theory 2

50

25
25

3.
Recommendations:

·         Recommendation 1
·         Recommendation 2
20

10
10

4.
Presentation of the report:
i.     Appropriate citation and references.
ii.    Style, format and readability including proper organization of answers.
iii.   Involvement and critical discussion
iv.  Cover Sheet, Table of Content and Page Number and Proper Heading/Title for each part answered, list of references (Use of  APA Referencing System or Harvard Referencing System)
v.   Overall presentation.
10
2
2

2
2



2


TOTAL
 
/100




/25


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