Assessment Brief: BUS2003/SBM3204 Sustainability and Ethics
Trimester-2 2021
Assessment Overview
Assessment Task | Type | Weight | Length | Due | ULOs Assessed |
Assessment 1: Debate & Report Students will undertake a debate on a topic provided by the lecturer |
Group Invigilated |
30% | 20 mins/1500 words |
Week 5 | ULO-1 ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-5 |
Assessment 2: Case Study Students will be given a case study which will be provided by the lecturer |
Individual Invigilated |
40% | 2500 words |
Week 7 | ULO-1 ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-4 |
Assessment 3: Viva Voce A Viva Voce assessment is an oral examination and verbal defence of a written assessment. The written assessment for the Viva Voce assessment is based on Assessment 2: Case Study, which was submitted in Week 7. |
Individual Invigilated |
30% | 15 mins (equiv. 1500 words) |
Week 10 |
ULO-1 ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-5 |
equiv. – equivalent word count based on the Assessment Load Equivalence Guide. It means this assessment is
equivalent to the normally expected time requirement for a written submission containing the specified
number of words.
Assessment 1: Debate & Report
Due date: | Week 5 |
Group/individual: | Group, Marked Ind. |
Word count/Time provided: | 20 mins/1500 words |
Weighting: | 30% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: | [ULO1], [ULO2], [ULO3], [ULO5] |
Assessment 1 Detail
Student will be formed into groups of 4 students to conduct debates based on the topics provided by
Lecturer. After the debates, each group is required to write up a debate report based on one of
debate topics provided by the Lecturer. The assessment includes the following key components:
1. Introduction
2. Proposition 1 (support the resolution):
– Logical arguments for Proposition 1
– Gathered supporting evidence and examples for position taken
– Relevant theories learnt to support the arguments
3. Proposition 2 (against the resolution)
– Logical arguments for Proposition 2
– Gathered supporting evidence and examples for position taken
– Relevant theories learnt to support the argument
4. Conclusion
– Your final thoughts and opinions
The business report format is required for the individual assignment. The headings and subheadings
are strongly recommended to structure the business report. The Harvard Referencing Style is
required. For detailed requirement, please refer to the guidelines of how to write Business Report
and academic writing style. It is strongly recommended to review SLS learning Enhancement Section
in APIC Canvas. The link of Business Report Guideline was provided in the assessment section of this
subject in APIC Canvas.
Assessment 1 Marking Criteria and Rubric
The assessment will be marked out of 100% and will be weighted at 30% of the total unit mark. The
marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page.
Assessment 1 Marking Criteria and Rubric
Marking Criteria | Not Satisfactory (0-49% of the criterion mark) |
Satisfactory (50-64% of the criterion mark) |
Good (65-74% of the criterion mark) |
Very Good (75-84% of the criterion mark) |
Excellent (85-100% of the criterion mark) |
Ethical consideration Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethical considerations (40%) |
Inadequate understanding of the importance of ethical considerations. |
Basic knowledge of the importance of ethical considerations. |
Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of the importance of ethical considerations. |
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of the importance of ethical considerations. |
Displays exceptional ability in and understanding of the importance of ethical considerations.. |
Communication Clear and convincing communication (40%) |
Poorly articulated, unconvincing argument. |
Basic communication of some facts in support of one side of the argument. |
Evidence of both presenting an argument and refuting an alternative position. |
Above average use of evidence to support a position and refute the alternative. |
Sophisticated use of evidence to support a position and refute the alternative. |
Report presentation and referencing (20%) |
Poor presentation report. Poor writing skills with grammar and spelling errors. Fail to follow Harvard referencing style. |
Satisfactory presentation format and writing skills with some grammar and spelling errors. Fail to follow Harvard referencing style. |
Good presentation format and writing skills with spelling errors. Follow Harvard referencing style |
Excellent presentation format and writing skills without spelling errors. Follow Harvard referencing style. |
Distinguished presentation format and writing skills. Following Harvard referencing style completely. |
Effective communication during the debate (20%) |
Inadequate understanding of the importance of ethical considerations during the debate. |
Basic knowledge of the importance of ethical considerations during the debate. |
Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of the importance of ethical considerations during the debate. |
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of the importance of ethical considerations during the debate. |
Displays exceptional ability in and understanding of the importance of ethical considerations during the debate. |
Assessment 2: Case Study
Due date: | Week 7 |
Group/individual: | Individual |
Word count/Time provided: | 2500 words |
Weighting: | 40% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: | [ULO1], [ULO2], [ULO3], [ULO4] |
Assessment 2 Detail
In this case analysis, you need to identify an issue in business ethics and/or sustainability and demonstrate your
understanding of the discipline by evaluating your recommendations. You can investigate a real-life case from
an organisation. Your lecturer will not assign you to a case study. You must discuss your choice of case study
with your lecturer by providing a verbal or written rationale for choosing a particular case study. Your lecturer
needs to approve your choice of case study in written format (APIC email). Plagiarised assignments will not
be tolerated.
You need to consider a significant business ethics and/or sustainability issue. Do not consider multiple issues as
it will degrade the quality of work. You need to consider yourself being a consultant helping with the issue. Your
lecturer is looking for creative solutions proposed by groups.
Examples of issues could be:
• Corporate Social Responsibility and stakeholders
• Managing ethical issues
• Ethical decision making
• The role of corporate culture and ethical decision making
• Ethics auditing
• Ethical leadership
Students will need to collect data from actual organisations and/or secondary sources. Valid sources for
obtaining such data may include:
• Visits to the case company and interviewing key personnel (if you choose to do this, interview questions
should be included in appendices).
• Secondary data from online (it should be reliable and valid online data sources such as data from other
research publications, databases and so on. (WIKIPEDIA is not a suitable one)
• Company’s annual/quarterly reports
• Related business strategy management articles and news.
Structure and format of the report (Assessment 2)
Introduction
The introduction should include background to the project and an introduce the topic you are researching, and
its importance followed by the case study objective and then the implications. More specifically- Introduction
section shall include what are you doing? Why (importance)? How (short methodology within 2-3 lines)? What
are the contributions (to managers, literature)?
Literature review Review the literature on the topic you are researching. Review of journal articles is preferred. Please make sure that your literature review reflects the understanding of business strategy management concepts for the purpose of applying them and the application of theoretical concepts. More specifically you need to write about the topic of your interest and relevant concepts based on previous studies. You need to mention what previous studies have investigated? What previous studies were not investigated (Research gap)? What could be done? How your study addresses the gaps in the previous studies? |
Methods Here you explain the methodology or sources of data/information and how do you collect. You should also describe the type of data (qualitative or quantitative) and how collected data can be useful. You can collect data from a real-life organisation or using secondary sources. You can also use some database such as Scopus, google scholar, science direct and so on if you collect data from secondary sources. In these databases, you can find lot of published papers with their own data; you can use them but must be cited. Please make sure that your method reflects the development of feasible and effective solutions to address the complex issue(s). |
Structure and format the case study findings and analysis Provide a description of the organisation in the case study (1/2 page). Then critically evaluate the ethics and/or sustainability issue in the light of the literature and discuss the recommendations. Please make sure that your evaluation reflects the theoretical concepts underpinning the discipline of business ethics. Also make that your evaluation reflects the originality of potential solutions. (New techniques, knowledge, applications and management practice). Further, your evaluation shall reflect justification for innovative ideas and processes. |
Conclusion You need to discuss your findings and how the findings can be helpful for the business and what are the risks for implementation. You should also discuss if there any limitation of the study. Conclusion opens with a summary of the report and then considers the consequences of the suggestions. No new material should be introduced in this section. Appendices (if any) Your appendices may contain, for example, detailed tables of data, details of how you did a calculation, interview records if included, or photographs if of some interest. References: The project is directed at the collection and analysis of data, if you use material from another source then references it properly. You need to cite 10-15 references from journal, report and so on. A video link for referencing style (Harvard referencing style) is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iueqJ78iAwk Other important notes: • Use Font 12 Times new roman with 1.5 spacing, single column, justified and 2.5 cm margin in all four sides for the report body and submit a Microsoft Word file. • All assignments must include a group cover sheet which is downloadable from APIC website. • While your experience and views are the essential components of your assignments, the appropriate use of literature is required to provide evidence-based suggestions. |
•You should include a list of all references you use in writing your assignments. Note that all assignments will be checked for originality (similarities to existing sources) on Turnitin. You should follow instruction of your lecture for attaching Turnitin report with your assignment. The criteria to assess your work will take into account: • Relevance of your answer to the question or task set • Clarity of expression • Creativity/innovation • Citations beyond the given subject material • Logical planning and sequence • Appropriate written and presentation of the work. • The assessment for individual group members may be moderated by students’ peer assessment (evaluating the performance of each group member). In completing this assessment successfully, you will be able to effectively to design and apply the knowledge, tools and techniques required to build better strategies in organisational context. |
Assessments 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric
The assessment will be marked out of 100%and will be weighted 40% of the total unit mark. The
marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page.
Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric
Marking Criteria | Not satisfactory (0-49%) of the criterion mark) |
Satisfactory (50-64%) of the criterion mark |
Good (65-74%) of the criterion mark |
Very Good (75-84%) of the criterion mark |
Excellent (85-100%) of the criterion mark |
Literature review around the case study topic (40 %) |
Lacks basic knowledge or/and skills of conducting literature review and evaluating of major issues related to business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Evidence of basic knowledge and skill of conducting literature review and evaluating of major issues related to business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has good skills of conducting literature review and evaluating major issues related to business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has very good skills in the evaluation of conducting literature review and evaluating major issues related to business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Excellent skills of conducting literature review and evaluating major issues related to business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Methodology (30%) | Lacks basic knowledge or/and skills in the evaluation of theoretical concepts underpinning business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Evidence of basic knowledge and skill in the evaluation of theoretical concepts underpinning business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has good skills in the evaluation of theoretical concepts underpinning business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has very good skills in the evaluation of theoretical concepts underpinning business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Excellent skills in the evaluation of theoretical concepts underpinning business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Conclusion (20%) | Lacks basic knowledge or/and skills in reflecting consideration of business ethics and/or sustainability |
Evidence of basic knowledge and skill in reflecting consideration of business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has good skills in reflecting consideration of business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Has very good skills in reflecting consideration of business ethics and/or sustainability. |
Excellent skills in reflecting consideration of business ethics and/or sustainability. |
References (Use at least ten academic references & consistent in style) (10%) |
Poor academic writing skills with grammar and spelling errors. Poor presentation structure |
Satisfactory writing skills with grammar and spelling errors. Poor presentation structure and failed to |
Good academic writing skills with minor grammar and spelling errors. Clear presentation structure |
Excellent writing skills without grammar and spelling errors. Excellent presentation structure |
Exceptional academic writing skills. Professional presentation structure following Harvard referencing style |
and failed to follow Harvard referencing style |
follow Harvard referencing style |
following Harvard referencing style |
following Harvard referencing style |
Assessment 3: Viva Voce
Due date: | Week 10 |
Group/individual: | Individual |
Word count/Time provided: | 15 minutes (equiv. 1500 words) |
Weighting: | 30% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: | ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5 |
Assessment 3 Detail
A Viva Voce assessment is an oral examination and verbal defence of a written assessment. The
written assessment for the Viva Voce assessment is based on Assessment 2: Case Study, which was
submitted in Week 7. The details of the Viva questions for the oral and written examination will be
given by Lecture two weeks before the assessment due during the trimester.
Assessments 3 Marking Criteria and Rubric
The assessment will be marked out of 100% and will be weighted at 30% of the total unit mark. The
marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page.
Assessment 3 Marking Criteria and Rubric
Marking Criteria | Not Satisfactory (0-49% of the criterion mark) |
Satisfactory (50-64% of the criterion mark) |
Good (65-74% of the criterion mark) |
Very Good (75-84% of the criterion mark) |
Excellent (85-100% of the criterion mark) |
Demonstrate an understanding of the Viva (Case Study evaluation) questions in oral examination (20%) |
Inadequate understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues are not identified |
Basic understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were identified partially |
Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were identified clearly |
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of the Viva (Case Study evaluation) questions and major issues were discussed well |
Displays exceptional ability in and understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were discussed critically. |
Demonstrate an understanding of the Viva questions in written examination (20%) |
Inadequate understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues are not identified |
Basic understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were identified partially |
Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were identified clearly |
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were discussed well |
Displays exceptional ability in and understanding of the Viva questions (Case Study evaluation) and major issues were discussed critically. |
Demonstrate analytical and critical thinking skills (40%) |
Poorly articulated, unconvincing evidences provided. Lack of theories application |
Basic communication of some facts in support of case solution. Lack of theory application |
Evidence of clear convincing facts and evidences provided. Some theories applied for the analysis |
Above average use of evidence to support the case analysis. Good theory application |
Sophisticated use of evidence to support the case analysis. Excellent theory application |
Presentation and communication (20%) |
Poorly demonstrate professional presentation manner with clear speech and right pace with enthusiasm. |
Satisfactory demonstrate professional presentation manner with clear speech and right pace with enthusiasm. |
Good demonstrate professional presentation manner with clear speech and right pace with enthusiasm. |
Very good demonstrate professional presentation manner with clear speech and right pace with enthusiasm. |
Excellent demonstrate professional presentation manner with clear speech and right pace with enthusiasm. |
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