Briefing on Individual Assignment

for S08

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

The Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning is to be
completed by week 6 and submitted via Turnitin.

The submission date & time is as follows:

Class S08:

20 Feb 2016 (Sat)

Before 6.30 pm (latest)

Please submit the assignment before the deadline to avoid penalty

which is stated in the course outline.

The answer for the assignment must be completed in a

rubric criteria-by-rubric criteria format as defined in the
ethical reasoning rubrics below, i.e. R1, R2 and R3

R1. Ethical Sensitivity or Awareness

R2. Ethical Knowledge, Understanding and Judgment (40%)

R3. Ethical Reasoning and Solution

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(20%)

(40%)

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

The report is limited to 1,000 words (with a tolerance of +/-5%),
font type Times New Roman, font size 12 and type written with
double spacing. The min-max word limit is 950 to 1050 words

The Student Assignment Declaration cover sheet is to be

completed separately in hardcopy and returned to your Instructor
in week 4/5. Do not attach this form in the assignment write-up

Select any one of the following companies, i.e.

British Petroleum

Foxconn Technology

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What to Focus in the Assessment Rubric?

Rubric #1
Ethical Sensitivity
or Awareness (20%)

Identify and describe the business ethical issues (2~3 issues).

Rubric #2
Ethical Knowledge,
Understanding and
Judgment
(40%)

Refer to the Ethical Systems and relevant framework

State the implications/consequences of the ethical issues,
actual and potential, to key stakeholders
Use the appropriate ethical systems to relate the ethical issues
you have identified above
Discuss and evaluate the ethical issues involved and form an
appropriate judgment of the issues.

Rubric #3
Ethical Reasoning
and Solution (40%)

Given the ethical issues, describe, evaluate and critique what the
organization has done to resolve the problems or issues
Propose viable alternative solutions or enhancements compliance-based and integrity-based solutions
Evaluate feasibility of the proposed solutions practical
constraints, legal considerations etc.

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

Students are required to analyze and describe the situation from

an ethics perspective for the identified organization and report on
the following scope as highlighted below.

Rubric (1)

Scope

Ethical
Sensitivity or
Awareness
(20%)

Identify and describe the business ethical issues in the

identified organization
(Note: You should identify at least 2 ethical issues), 2 to 3
issues are fine.

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

Rubric (2)

Scope

Ethical
Knowledge,
Understanding
and Judgment
(40%)

(1) Propose the appropriate theoretical

framework(s)/concept(s) to relate the ethical issues in the
identified organization
(2) In relevance to the theoretical framework(s)/concept(s),
perform critical and evaluative thinking by:
reporting the implications of the ethical issues, including
potential consequences to various stakeholders
discussing pertinent ethical issues with justifications to furnish
a clearer understanding and/to form an appropriate
judgement of the issues involved in the identified
organization
The key theoretical framework

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

Rubric (2)

Scope

The other possible relevant frameworks/concepts to relate

Ethical
and discuss the implications and potential consequences.
Knowledge,
Understanding
and Judgment
(40%)

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Pick and choose the relevant framework if deemed

necessary from the lecture notes.

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Individual Assignment on Ethical Reasoning

Rubric (3)

Scope

Ethical
Reasoning and
Solution
(40%)

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Assess and apply sound and robust ethical reasoning in

developing viable solutions to resolve the issues (i.e. what
the company has done to solve the problems and what are
your proposed solutions)
Identify and evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of
proposed solutions under the circumstances after weighing
practical constraints with ethical and legal considerations

Pick and choose the relevant framework if deemed

necessary from the lecture notes.
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