Course Assessments: BE2601 Principles of Management S1, AY15-16

Instructors: Kumaran Rajaram (Course Coordinator), Richard Chua, Jeffrey Ong and Alan Goh Page 16

Assignment Report (Ethical Reasoning) Individual Assignment

(10% of total grade)

Learning Objectives:

1. To understand and relate the importance of ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility in the global environment 2. To appreciate and apply the concepts of business ethics, ethical systems and realize the implications of ethical decision making

Instructions:

• This individual assignment comprises of 10% of the total marks for the module • The following are assessed:

o Ethical Sensitivity or Awareness (1st item in the Ethics Rubrics)

o Ethical Knowledge, Understanding and Judgment (2nd item in the Ethics Rubrics)

o Ethical Reasoning and Solution (3rd item in the Ethics Rubrics)

• The report is limited to 1000 words (with a tolerance level of +/- 5%) • It should be typewritten in ‘Times New Roman’ font (size 12), double spaced • Refer to Assessment Document (p. 6) for the “Student Assignment Declaration Cover Sheet”.

You are required to submit the declaration cover sheet separately through the e-mail of your respective seminar instructors

• Please do NOT attach the declaration cover sheet together with your assignments when submitting via Turn-it-in through ‘NTULearn’

• Upload the 1000-word essay to “Turnitin Assignment” for plagiarism check. (Note: Do not use the lecture site. Use your own seminar group website)

• Submit the final version of your assignment through NTULearn to “Turnitin Assignment” of the seminar you belong to. You will work on your own and submit the report within 48 hours from the ending time of your respective seminar session in Week 5

Unethical acts in Organization(s) 1. Identify any one (1) of the following organization:

• L’Oreal’s

• Nike

2. You are required to analyze and describe the situation from an ethics perspective for the identified organization and report on the following scope as highlighted below:

Course Assessments: BE2601 Principles of Management S1, AY15-16

Instructors: Kumaran Rajaram (Course Coordinator), Richard Chua, Jeffrey Ong and Alan Goh Page 17

Criteria Scope Ethical Sensitivity or Awareness (20%)

• Identify and describe the business ethical issues in the identified organization (Note: You should identify at least 2 ethical issues)

Ethical Knowledge, Understanding and Judgment (40%)

• Propose the appropriate theoretical framework(s)/concept(s) to relate the ethical issues in the identified organization

• In relevance to the theoretical framework(s)/concept(s), perform critical and evaluative thinking by:

o reporting the implications of the ethical issues, including potential consequences to various stakeholders

o discussing pertinent ethical issues with justifications to furnish a clearer understanding and/to form an appropriate judgement of the issues involved in the identified organization

Ethical Reasoning and Solution (40%)

• Assess and apply sound and robust ethical reasoning in developing viable solutions to resolve the issues

• Identify and evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of proposed solutions under the circumstances after weighing practical constraints with ethical and legal considerations

Assignment Report (Ethical Reasoning) Assessment Rubric Criteria

Criteria Standards

Below expectation (Rubric Score: 1-2)

Meets Expectation (Rubric Score: 3-4)

Above Expectation (Rubric Score: 5-6)

Ethical Sensitivity or Awareness (20% of overall grade)

- Poor and weak in identifying and describing the ethical issues in the identified organization

- Demonstrate adequate ability to identify ethical issues in the identified organization

- Have a strong ability to identify ethical issues in the identified organization

Ethical knowledge, Understanding and Judgment (40% of overall grade)

- Unable to demonstrate adequate knowledge and understanding of relevant concepts and how they work. Not able to propose the appropriate theoretical framework(s)/concept(s) which relates to ethical issues in the identified organization - Weak and unable to recognize ethical issues and their implications, including potential consequences to various stakeholders - Unable to perform critical and evaluative thinking by discussing pertinent ethical issues

- Adequately able to identify some of the relevant ethical notions relevant to understanding and forming an appropriate judgment. - Show adequate ability to recognize ethical issues and their implications, including potential consequences to various stakeholders - Adequately able to propose the appropriate theoretical framework(s)/concept(s)

- Able to sufficiently identify some of the relevant ethical notions relevant to understanding and forming an appropriate judgment. - Able to recognize ethical issues and their implications, including potential consequences to various stakeholders - Adequately able to propose the appropriate theoretical framework(s)/concept(s)

Course Assessments: BE2601 Principles of Management S1, AY15-16

Instructors: Kumaran Rajaram (Course Coordinator), Richard Chua, Jeffrey Ong and Alan Goh Page 18

with justifications to furnish a clear understanding and to form an appropriate judgement of the issues involved in the identified organization

which relates to ethical issues in the identified organization - Adequately able to perform critical and evaluative thinking by discussing pertinent ethical issues with justifications to furnish a clear understanding and to form an appropriate judgement of the issues involved in the identified organization

which relates to ethical issues in the identified organization - Able to perform high level of critical and evaluative thinking by discussing pertinent ethical issues with justifications to furnish a clear understanding and to form an appropriate judgement of the issues involved in the identified organization

Ethical Reasoning and Solution (40% of overall grade)

- Unable to apply sound and robust ethical reasoning to develop viable solutions to resolve the issues - Weak/or unable to identify and evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of proposed solutions under the circumstances and after weighing practical constraints, and ethical and legal considerations

- Demonstrate adequate ability to assess and apply sound and robust ethical reasoning logically and rationally to resolve the issues - Adequately able to identify and evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of proposed solutions under the circumstances and after weighing practical constraints, and ethical and legal considerations

- Demonstrate a strong ability to assess and apply sound and robust ethical reasoning logically and rationally to resolve the issues using appropriate theoretical framework(s)/concept(s) - Able to identify and evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of proposed solutions logically and rationally under the circumstances and after weighing practical constraints, and ethical and legal considerations

Course Assessments: BE2601 Principles of Management S1, AY15-16

Instructors: Kumaran Rajaram (Course Coordinator), Richard Chua, Jeffrey Ong and Alan Goh Page 19

Participation in Active-Learning Activities Assessment Rubric Criteria

• You will be assessed on your participation and contributions in the assigned active-learning activities to be facilitated

• The below furnished assessment rubrics will be adopted for the evaluation and assessment

Criteria Standards Below expectation (Rubric Score: 1-2)

Meets Expectation (Rubric Score: 3-4)

Above Expectation (Rubric Score: 5-6)

Drive to Learn (30% of overall grade)

- Acquires knowledge of an issue by searching for information from only a few sources

- Acquires knowledge of an issue by searching for information from a reasonable number of sources

- Acquires knowledge of an issue by searching for information from diverse sources

Knowledge Acquisition (30% of overall grade)

- Illustrates a limited understanding of the issue of interest

- Illustrates a fair amount of understanding of the issue of interest

- Illustrates a comprehensive understanding of key concepts, frameworks and ideas related to the issue of interest

Knowledge Sharing (20% of overall grade)

- Encourages others by sharing superficial knowledge

- Encourages others by sharing a reasonable amount of knowledge

-Encourages others by sharing deep knowledge and enriching insights with others

Genuine Disclosure of Enthusiasm and Optimism (20% of overall grade)

- Pays little attention to the viewpoints of others and interacts superficially with others - Not motivated and limited participation in the discussion to make it interesting

- Pays adequate attention to the viewpoints of others and interacts adequately with others - Adequately motivated and reasonable amount of participation in the discussion to make it interesting

- Pays close attention to the viewpoints of others and engages meaningfully with others by providing well thought through feedback and insights - Highly motivated and maximum participation during the discussion to make it interesting