ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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BMOM5203
ORGANISATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
MAY 2018 SEMESTER
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

1. This assignment contains question that is set in English.

2. Answer in English.

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5. Your assignment should be between 3,000 to 5,000 words excluding references. The number
of words should be shown at the end of your assignment. Do not copy the assignment
question and instructions to your answer.

6. Submission of assignment:

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8. Your assignment must be submitted between XXXX 2018 until XXXX 2018.

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assignment. You should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own.

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submission receipt in any dispute arises concerning assignment submission.

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EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

You would be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester Examination commences.

PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION

Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is
detected, marks would be deducted as follows:

No. % Similarity Group % of Mark Deduction

1 0 – 30 0
2 30.01 – 50 5
3 50.01 – 70 10
4 70.01 – 100 100

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

“An ethical issue is a situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among
several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong”.
(Bateman and Snell, 2015; p. 156)

PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is todevelop learners’ ability to:
1. Identify and analyse the types of business ethical issues and dilemmas faced by managers;
2. Evaluate the corporate social responsibility actions and policies taken by an organisation;
3. Propose actions to improve and enhance the ethical environment of the organisation.

REQUIREMENT
In order to perform the assignment tasks, you have to search and select relevant journal articles and
books for your reference, and select a suitable organisation that you know of or are familiar with to
carry out your study. You can get information about the organisation either on the basis of your
observation and / or interview with the relevant staff and / or based on the written reports or
magazine / newspaper articles about the organisation.

QUESTION
Based on your reading of journal articles and books, identify and discuss the business ethical issues
and dilemmas faced by managers today. Also give arguments for and against the concept of
corporate social responsiblity (CSR). Further, based on your knowledge of the organisation that you
have selected, analyse and discuss with justification and evidences, the ethical, unethical and CSR
actions and policies of the selected organisation. What would you propose to the management of
the organisation to develop and enhance its business ethical environment and value of its CSR
practices?

REPORT GUIDELINE

1. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Eight (8) journal articles / books on business ethics and corporate social responsibilty (CSR).
• Identify and discuss the business ethical issues and dilemmas faced by managers today.
• Write arguments for and against the concept of corporate social responsiblity (CSR) for
organisations.

2. ANALYSIS ETHICAL, UNETHICAL AND CSR PRACTICES IN THE SELECTED ORGANISATION

• Background of the organisation – private / public sector; types of products / services; and
employment size (No need to give the name and adress of the company / organisation).
• Description of ethical and unethical practices with justifications or evidences.
• Consequences of ethical and unethical practices on the organisation / company and its
stakeholders.
• Description of CSR practices with justifications or evidences.

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3. PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION
• Based on the reading of the literature and findings from the organisational analysis, propose
recommendations to develop and enhance the business ethical environment and value of
the CSR practices of the organisation.

4. REFERENCES
• Use APA format in citations and listing of references.

Marks Distribution (60%):

Marking Dimension %
LITERATURE REVIEW
Identify and discuss the business ethical issues 15
Write arguments for and against the concept of CSR
ANALYSIS ETHICAL, UNETHICAL AND CSR PRACTICES IN
THE SELECTED ORGANISATION
Background of the organisation
25
Description of ethical and unethical practices
Consequences of ethical and unethical practices
Description of CSR practices
PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION
15
propose recommendations to develop and enhance
REFERENCES
5

Total 60%

[GRAND TOTAL: 60 MARKS]