MGT4161 Management in a Globalised Context:
Assignment A Instructions (Individual Assignment)
Coursework Deadline: 5pm Friday 4th of November 2022 (submit online via
Turnitin)
5pm Friday the 25th of February 2022 (submit online via Turnitin)
Part A – Business Ethics Report
Word Limit: 700 words
Weighting 30%
Overview
Imagine you are a business ethics consultant, working for the company implicated in/ affected by the
case study you have chosen. You have been hired to write a report of 700 words explaining why the
issue is ethically problematic, and suggesting ways in which the company could respond to remedy
the issue.
You must outline the case study and the ethical problem the company faces, and make three
recommendations to the company for how they can overcome the problem. The recommendations
must be justified with reference to one theory taught in class.
This assignment has two parts; a short essay and annotated bibliography. The short essay is worth
30% of the mark for this module, and the annotated bibliography is worth 20% of your marks for
this module.
Part A: Instructions and Structure
In order to complete this coursework you must first choose a business ethics case study; it can be
case study we covered in class, or it can be a case study you find through your own research. You
MUST check with me once you’ve chosen your case study and BEFORE you start work on the report.
The report should have the following structure:
1) Introduction (100-200 words)
• A brief outline of the content of the report and its purpose.
2) The Ethical Issue Facing the Company (around 300 words)
• Using company reports and credible news and online sources, explain the ethical issue facing
the company (if the issue is in the past, write as if it were current).
3) Recommendations (around 300 words)
• Using the sources provided in the handbook and in-class, and any other relevant academic
sources – as well as your own thoughts – identify, describe and apply at least one ethical or
CSR theory to identify and justify three recommendations which the company could
implement to address the ethical problem outlined in the preceding section.
4) List of References (not included in word count)
• All sources cited our used MUST be included in your list of references. This will be checked.
Part A- Marking Criteria
Criteria and sWeightingssExcellent
Introduction s(25%)
Introduction is swell-written and sconcise, and shighly relevant sto the content of sthe report.
Introduction is swell written, salthough sperhaps sunfocussed at stimes.
Introduction srelates to the smain aspects of sthe report.
The introduction sis relevant to the sbrief, although smay lack srelevance to the sspecifics of the sreport.
Introduction is seither absent or sunrelated to the sbrief and the sreport.
Explanation of sthe ethical issue.
(30%)
The ethical sproblem is sclearly explained swith sufficient sdetail which is sand correctly sreferenced. The srelevance of the scase study to the smodule is very sclear.
The ethical sproblem is sexplained well sand correctly sreferenced. The srelevance of the scase study to the smodule is not sexplicit, although sthe case study is srelevant.
The ethical sproblem is sexplained and scorrectly sreferenced. It is sof relevance to sthe module, salthough this is snot clearly sdemonstrated.
A good attempt at sexplaining the sethical problem is smade, and it is scorrectly sreferenced. The scase study is not snecessarily fully srelevant to the smodule.
Description of sthe ethical sproblem is sinaccurate and/ sor un referenced.
Good English sused throughout swith little or no sspelling or sgrammar smistakes.
Referencing sentirely or slargely accurate.
Occasional sspelling or sgrammar smistakes, but sotherwise well spresented with slargely accurate sreferencing.
Some problems swith language or sexpression, but swell formatted.
Some problems swith referencing.
A number of sspelling, grammar sand/or language sproblems. Some sattempt at proper sreferencing.
Spelling, sgrammar and/or slanguage sproblems make sunderstanding sthe report sdifficult. And/or scomplete lack of saccurate sreferencing.
Part B – Annotated Bibliography
Word Limit: 400 (+/- 10%)
Weighting: 20%
Part B: Overview
An annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of sources with a paragraph summarizing each ssource. The paragraph should be around 100 words per source. As with all assignments correct sreferencing is very important, however mistakes in the referencing format will be particularly sobvious in this assignment. Therefore you should make sure you are very familiar with the Harvard sreferencing rules before you undertake this assignment
Part B: Instructions and Structure
Produce an annotated bibliography for at least four academic sources cited in the work submitted sfor Part A. In this context an academic source is a journal article from a peer reviewed journal. It is snot a website or textbook.
An annotated bibliography consists of the full citation of the source, followed by a paragraph ssummarizing the main points covered in the source. The 4+ sources should be presented in salphabetical order (as in any list of references or bibliography) (as in any list of references or bibliography).
Please note that this assignment will be submitted via turnitin. It is therefore important that the ssummary is in your own words, and not copied from the abstract of the source.
Part B – Marking Criteria
Criteria sand sWeightings
Excellent s(70% & above)
Very good s(60% – 69%)
Good s(50% – 59%)
Adequate s(40% – 49%)
Fail s(Below 40%)
The sinstructions swere followed sfully. The ssources are shighly relevant sto the initial ssubmission and sare from well selected sacademic spublications.
The referencing sis formatted scorrectly.
• Insufficient snumber of ssources s• Referencing swas incorrect s• Summary was scopied s• Summary was stoo brief to sindicate sknowledge or sunderstanding sof the source.
