FACULTY OF BUSINESS, FINANCE

&
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ONLINE EXAMINATION:
ASSIGNMENT BASED EXAM

COURSE TITLE : ETHICS, GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

COURSE CODE : MGT2033
PROGRAMME(S) : BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SUBMISSION DATE : 26TH APRIL 2021
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This question paper contains FOUR (4) questions.
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. Submit your answers within the time frame given.
4. Submitting assignment borrowed or stolen from other(s) as one’s own will be penalized.
5. Failure of submission within the given time frame will be considered AS ABSENCE WITHOUT REASON,
WHICH WILL RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COURSE and REPEAT COURSE.
6. Acceptable TURNITIN Similarity marks will be below 30%. Above it will be considered ZERO marks for final
exam.

Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss the ethical components of managerial decision-making
2.Develop thinking and analytical skills using ethical frameworks
3.Draw upon arrange of models to aid ethical decision-making.
4.Apply their knowledge of ethics to some of the great international ethical debates
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INSTRUCTION(S): Answer ALL questions.

Malaysia is the 57 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2020 Corruption
Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Malaysia’s ranking in the Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020 increase 6 places to 57 compared to the previous year. It scored 51 points
compared to 53 points in the 2019 index when it was ranked 51 out of 180 countries surveyed. A higher
score indicates better public perception. Other factors for the improved ranking include greater media
freedom, asset declaration by PH members of parliament, the Corporate Liability Provision (Section
17A) which will be enforced in June and the government’s five-year National Anti-Corruption Plan
(NACP).
Source: tradingeconomics.com

QUESTION 1 (CLO 1)

Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries
and hinders the rule of law. This corporate misconduct can include behaviours like public
servants demanding or taking money or favours in exchange for services, politicians misusing
public money or granting public jobs or contracts to their sponsors, friends and families, and
corporations bribing officials to get lucrative deals.

a) Elaborate the relationship between corruption and county’s ethical reputation. (15 marks)
b) Discuss any TWO (2) impacts and consequences of corruption. (10 marks)

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QUESTION 2 (CLO 2)

a) Analyse the challenges of National Anti-Corruption (NACP) program. (15 marks)

b) Based on the explanation above, explain any TWO (2) strategies that could be implemented
by the government to empowering the program. (10 marks)

QUESTION 3 (CLO 3)

By adopting and applying the principles set out in the Companies Act 2016 (CA 2016), the
Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2017 (MCCG 2017) and Corporate Governance
(3rd Edition).

a) Explain the directors’ duties encompass of dependent and independent. (15 marks)

b) Explain with aid of diagram, the basic corporate structure of the company. (10 marks)

QUESTION 4 (CLO 4)

“It is apparent that corruption does not only ruin the corruptors but it can go beyond to ruin the
entire country. Malaysia has come under the spotlight for being coined a kleptocratic country
thanks to the greed of several individuals involved in mega scandals namely 1MDB, FELDA,
MARA, SRC International, Sabah Water Department and Tabung Haji. These scandals have
seen billions, even trillions, of ringgit being syphoned off from the country. Nothing is more
frustrating than to learn the state-owned investment company, 1MDB, turned its supposedly
profitable investments into a global investment fiasco that lost billions of ringgits”.

a) In your opinion, discuss THREE (3) factors that hinder Malaysian PLC from combating
corruption with relevant example. (15 marks)

b) Explain the code of ethics that should be addressed in order to overcome the issues.
(10 marks)

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Assignment Criteria:

Scale 5 Scale 4 Scale 3

Evaluation Scale 2 Scale 1 (Poor)
Questions (Excellent) (Good) (Satisfactory)
Criteria (Moderate) 0-49
80-100 70-79 60-69
50-59

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sources. sources. sources.
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sources. sources. error.

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and Corporate
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Q4
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issues.

TOTAL
MARKS (100)

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Definitions of Assessment Offence

Plagiarism
Plagiarism can be defined as the significant use of other people's work and the submission of
it as though it were one's own in assessed coursework (such as dissertations, essays,
experiments etc.). This includes:
• Copying from another student's work;
• Copying text without acknowledgement;
• Downloading information and/or text from the internet and using it without
acknowledgement;
• Submitting work and claiming it to be own when it has been produced by another group;
and
• Submitting group work without acknowledging all contributors.
The university uses software packages to detect plagiarism.

Cheating
Cheating in examinations can be defined as trying to gain unfair advantage over fellow
students. This includes:
• Copying from the examination script of another candidate;
• Helping another candidate; and
• Trying to bribe respective lecturers to obtain good marks.
• Achieve more than 30% plagiarism marks in the TURNITIN report.

Collusion
Collusion is a form of agreement between two or more people to act with the intention to
deceive an assessor as to who was responsible for producing the material submitted for
assessment. The agreement may be overt (openly discussed) or covert (not specifically
discussed but implied). Using someone else’s work, words, images, ideas or discoveries is
equal to stealing the hard work. This includes:
• agreeing with others to cheat;
• getting someone else to produce part or all your work;
• copying the work of another person (with their permission);
• submitting work from essay banks;

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• paying someone to produce work for you; and

• allowing another student to copy your own work

Methods to Avoid Academic Offence

Students are advised to avoid copying and using other people’s work without citation and
acknowledgement. It is compulsory for students to include the references and the source of
information. This will allow students to avoid plagiarism.

Procedures for Assessment Offences

If students are caught committing the offence, a report of offence will be written. Students will
be called for a mini hearing whereby students can justify their action. The University has the
right to suspend or even terminate the student should University found the action as a serious
offence. Kindly refer to MAHSA Student Handbook for more details.

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