Assignment Brief
 
 

Assessment

This module is assessed at the end of the module by a group presentation and report. One session will be set-aside for group members to work together using College resources and to allow the lecturer in charge of the module to be available as a consultant to the groups.

Small groups of 4 or 5 will be formed and each group will select a topic, research and present their report and analysis on one of the following:
 
 

The hunting with dogs controversy.

New homes and the green belt.

Road pricing and allied issues.

Low cost sourcing, child labour and the marketing of sporting goods and clothes.

The Consumer Boycott - is it justified and does it work?

Ethical issues in the marketing of supermarket produce.

Ethical products in the financial services sector.

The use of and the labelling of GMOs in food.

The tobacco industry advertising and sponsorship issues.

Pension mis-selling - who was to blame and who will pay?

The case for regulation in a free market.

Ethical management is good for business.

The presentation will last about 15-20 minutes with questions.
 
 

Report Brief:

Identify the issues, concerns of the parties and the economic and ethical arguments for and against. You may wish to develop your themes in terms of - Mission, objectives, stakeholders and conflicts, corporate community relationships, corporate responsibility, consumer rights, regulation issues and the ethical consumer. Please also try and anchor your arguments in an ethical theoretical perspective, this may be utilitarianism or deontological or a natural justice approach to the analysis, for example:

Can the study of ethics help understand these issues?

Must there always be winners and losers?

What is the moral argument?

Can morality and economics co-exist?

Can the conflicts be resolved?

A formal group report will follow on from the presentation. Each group will include the presentation slides with the report as an annex and on disc. Coursework reports are due in two weeks after the teaching programme has finished.
 
 

Assessment Criteria

For a PASS - 40 - 69% - you are required to:

Apply appropriate analytical tools to the case to address the issues raised in the question along with a reasonable understanding of the underlying literature

Demonstrate some judgment in determining what the critical issues are

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of the problem

Write a structured and coherent report based on your analysis

Present your report to the main group in a plenary session.

For a DISTINCTION -70 % and over - you are required to:
Meet the pass criteria.

Present a coherent and comprehensive evaluation of the case founded on logically reasoned and well constructed arguments

Support your arguments with reference to a range of literature beyond that specified in the course outline.
 
 

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