Case study Business ethics

BCO121 ETHICS IN BUSINESS Task brief & rubrics

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

• On Week 7, your Professor will share with you a Case Study on CSR, and will comment its most important aspects in class. The Case Study comes with

three questions that you are required to answer. From that moment on, you will have seven days to complete your task.

• On Week 8, you have to submit your analysis of the Case Study on Moodle.

Guidelines

• Each of the questions come with the minimum and maximum amount of words to be used in your answers:

o Question 1: 200/350 words.

o Question 2: 300/450 words.

o Question 3: 500/700 words.

• Therefore, the minimum amount of words to be used is 1.000, and the maximum is 1.500.

• Appendices and References, if used, do not count towards the final wordcount.

• Font: Arial. Size: 12,5pts. Line spacing: 1,5. Text align: Justified.

LAUNCH: WEEK 7 / SUBMISSION: WEEK 8 ON MOODLE, BY 23.59HRS.

Weight: This task is worth 30% of your overall grade for this subject.

Outcomes: This task assesses the following learning outcomes:

- LO1: Understand the concept of sustainability and its implications and become familiar with the main approaches to business ethics and corporate social responsibility - LO2: Specify the ethical and social consequences of an alternative and understand why ethics are an essential dimension of decision- making - LO3: Learn how to make ethical judgments and integrate them in the decision-making process - LO4: Understand commonly-occurring ethical issues and dilemmas in managing businesses - LO5: Relate ethics to the performance of organizations - LO6: Determine how to improve the responsibility of business on respecting human rights and the natural environment, promoting human development and contributing to a better society - LO7: Communicate in terms of responsibility and accountability.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100

Good 80-89

Fair 70-79

Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge and Identification of the main Issues

25%

Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the main issues / problems in the case study

Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.

Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study

Does not identify or demonstrate an acceptable understanding of the issues/problems in the case study

Application 25%

Student applies fully relevant knowledge to the situation provided

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge to the situation provided

Student applies some relevant knowledge to the situation provided. Some minor misunderstandings may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge to the situation provided. Misunderstandings are evident.

Evaluation 25%

Student assembles a coherent response to the question, providing a range of support and justification that leads to a well-reasoned conclusion

Student assembles a good response to the question, providing support and justification that lead to a well- reasoned conclusion

Student assembles a fair response to the question, providing some support and justification that lead to a well- reasoned conclusion. Minor misunderstandings may be evident

Student’s response to the question lacks coherence. Limited support and justification are provided that may or may not be well linked to the conclusion

Communication 25%

Student communicates ideas extremely clearly and concisely. Compliance with the guidelines on font, size, line spacing and text align will also be taken into account.

Student communicates ideas clearly and concisely. Compliance with the guidelines on font, size, line spacing and text align will also be taken into account.

Student communicates ideas fairly clearly and concisely. Compliance with the guidelines on font, size, line spacing and text align will also be taken into account.

Student attempts to communicate ideas clearly and concisely, with some problems. Student does not follow the guidelines on font, size, line spacing and text align.