Qut bsb111

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

QUT Business School School of Accountancy

BSB111 Business Law and Ethics

Semester 1, 2019

ETHICS CASE STUDY INDIVIDUAL REPORT

(Weighting Total – 25%)

Due: 1 April 2019

Time: 11:59 pm (23:59)

Submission: via Turnitin through Blackboard by 11:59 PM on Monday 1 APRIL 2019.

1. It is each student’s responsibility to check online submissions have been uploaded correctly (i.e. you should open the file from Turnitin to check this, once your files have been uploaded – ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THIS). Files are best uploaded as Pdf documents to avoid formatting errors.

2. Each student should check for a digital receipt from Turnitin at their QUT email address as proof of submission. This email should be retained until marks are received. No marks will be given for submissions where the file is corrupt and unreadable – it is the student’s responsibility to check submissions open correctly and are readable.

3. Should Blackboard/ Turnitin be unavailable directly before submission (i.e. on the day of submission) keep checking back periodically AND check your QUT email for further instructions.

Type: Individual Assessment

Length: Maximum of 1250 words (+ 10% maximum)

This assessment item assesses the following unit objectives and learning outcomes:

Professional Communication (PC) 3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.

Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE) 5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues

The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to explore some of the fundamental concepts and theories in business ethics, consider how these can be applied to real world business issues and communicate this knowledge effectively. The word limit reflects writing in a business context – be direct and to the point.

Your task is to:

Identify a real, current ethical dilemma in business. You are to prepare a paper on this ethical dilemma (your chosen scenario/problem) and are asked to:

· Identify and describe the ethical dilemma. Please select a real-life ethical dilemma that has received media attention during the past year or so. Make sure you clearly explain why it is a dilemma.

· Analyse the dilemma using three (3) ethical frameworks from more than one week in the course. To do this well, you will need to ensure your analysis clearly communicates your understanding of the tool/framework. Make sure you read the CRA as it will point to the frameworks which might fit your grade aspirations better.

· Propose a solution or recommendation. Based on your analysis, you then need to provide a clear conclusion on what is the ethical thing to do. This should include solution or recommendations for the manager/actor to consider. The conclusion (and recommendations) needs to be justified and linked to your analysis.

Note that there is no one “correct” or “model” answer – it is about justifying your arguments, working through the dilemma and forming a view on the most ethical outcome or action.

You are to limit the paper to a maximum of 1,250 words (+ 10%). It is expected to conform to standard QUT plagiarism requirements.

To meet the standard in the CRA, you need make sure your assessment piece satisfies ALL the dot point below the relevant criterion/grade combination. Marking does not work by “adding” across subpoints in any single criterion. Your grade is most often determined by the lowest subpoint in any single criterion because if you do not meet a sub-point, you do not meet the grade for the criterion in question.

For clarity, we have listed each criterion on a separate page (there are 5 criteria). There is also a more detailed CRA sheet that outlines examples of the differences for each grade/criteria combination.

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Criterion 1 - Ethical dilemma (SE5.1)

· Demonstrate you can identify an ethical dilemma and the ethical values and principles involved. You also need to demonstrate you can explain why the situation is an ‘ethical’ dilemma and how ethical frameworks (i.e. not feelings and opinions) are used to understand and respond to ethical dilemmas.