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BUS 355 ASSIGNMENT 1 RUBRIC & PACKET

Assignment 1: Individual Media Report

Assessment Week/Date: Week 11 on Thursday, April 1, 2021

Weighting (% of final grade): 35%

Assignment Type: Written report to be submitted on Canvas

Learning Outcome(s) Assessed: 1, 2, & 3

Description of Assignment: You will choose a film to watch from a media list and then write an individual reflection and written report answering a set of questions based on ethical issues derived from the film.

Format: Your report should be approx. 2000 words (+/- 10%). APA format will be used for Reference/Bibliography List, Maximum 12-point font and double-spaced. Make sure to include: cover page, numbered pages, and TOC with the outline of questions.

Grading Criteria / Rubric (What constitutes a good assignment):

Criterion

Section A

Weight: 25%

1.1 Write a paragraph about the film.

1.2 Describe briefly the plot and main characters.

1.3 Identify the main ethical issues.

1.4 Examine the behavior of the main actors based on the different theories & concepts discussed in class.

Concise and precise description of plot and characters

Recognize almost all the ethical issues of individual and business activities

Compare and contrast multiple ethical frameworks in describing the legitimate rights and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders

Good description of plot and characters.

Recognize most of the ethical issues of individual and business activities

Use of more than one ethical framework to describe the legitimate rights and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders

Satisfying description of plot and characters

Recognize some of the ethical issues of individual and business activities.

Use of one or two ethical frameworks to describe the legitimate rights and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders

Plot is not described in a clear manner and important characters have not been identifies.

Recognize few of the ethical issues of individual and business activities

Unorganized, non-systematic description of the legitimate rights and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders

Poor description of plot and characters

Cannot recognize the ethical issues of individual and business activities

Cannot relate the behaviors to the theories

Section B

Weight 15%

2.1 Write your opinion and feelings for the film.

2.2 What impact (if any) it had on you?

2.3 How do you judge the behavior of the main characters?

Opinion is clearly stated, focused, and strongly maintained

Opinion is communicated clearly within the context

The reflection moves beyond simple description of the experience to an analysis of how the experience contributed to student understanding of self, others, and course concepts

Opinion is clear and for the most part maintained, though some loosely related material may be present

Context provided for the claim is adequate

May be clearly focused on the opinion but is insufficiently sustained

Opinion on the issue may be unclear and unfocused

May be very brief

Opinion may be confusing or ambiguous

No opinion expressed

Lack of reflection

Section C

Weight: 50%

Answer the “3” media questions by providing a thorough explanation for why you arrived at the answers you did. Make sure to utilize course concepts, theories, frameworks, & terminology in your analysis.

3.1

3.2

3.3

Convincing and analytically sound.

Demonstrates a very good level of critical thought

Cites and explains appropriate content-specific examples accurately

Employs sound reasoning, arguments, and/or support

Demonstrates the use of evaluating, analyzing, and applying skills

Convincing and, for the most part, analytically sound.

Demonstrates a good level of critical thought

Cites and explains appropriate content-specific examples

Employs good reasoning, arguments, and/or support

Demonstrates the use of analyzing and applying skills

Generally convincing and, for the most part, analytically sound.

Demonstrates some level of critical thought

Cites and explains appropriate content-specific examples, however, some inaccurate information is included

Employs inferential reasoning, arguments, and/or support

Demonstrates some evidence of analyzing skills

Less than convincing or is not analytically sound.

Demonstrates limited critical thought.

Cites inaccurate or inappropriate examples

Employs little evidence of reasoning, argument, and/or support

Demonstrates little evidence of any apparent analyzing skills

Less than convincing and is not analytically sound.

Does not demonstrate critical thought

No examples used

Employs no evidence of reasoning, argument, and/or support

Demonstrates no evidence of any analyzing skills

Section D

Weight: 10%

Format, Grammar, and Referencing

4.1 Bibliography or Reference List

Professional format

Error free or nearly error free

Correctly and clearly incorporated source material into the paper, documented sources accurately and correctly

Professional format with some minor mistakes

A few errors, but nothing too serious

Correctly and clearly incorporated source material into the paper, documented sources accurately and correct with some minor mistakes

Professional format with some mistakes

Some serious errors, but not many

No more than a few clarity problems incorporating source material or in documenting sources accurately and correctly

Non-professional format

Several serious errors

Frequently incorporated source material unclearly or documented sources inaccurately or incorrectly

Problematic format

Errors throughout

Lack of Bibliography or Reference List

Please Note: Failure to cite your sources appropriately will result in score reduction and may result in disciplinary action for plagiarism with the Deanery.

BUS 355 Assignment 1 Table of Contents Example:

Write a few words about the film.……………………………………………………................1.1

Describe the plot and the main characters (Briefly)…..………………………………………...1.2

Identify the main ethical issues.………………………………………………………………...1.3

Examine the behavior of the main actors based on the theories discussed in class….….…...…1.4

Write your opinion and feelings for the film………………………………………….………...2.1

What impact did the media selection have on you……………………………………………..2.2

How do you judge the behavior of the main characters...……………………....………………2.3

Media Question One...…………………………………………………………………….…... 3.1

Media Question Two...………….…………....…………………………………….…………. 3.2

Media Question Three...……………………………………………....………………………. 3.3

Bibliography.………………...……………………………………….………………………...4.1

APA Citation Guide and Sample Essay Outlines

By John Sullivan

In American Psychological Association (APA) format, references to a source should mention the author’s name and give the publication year of the source. You would normally give the publication year in parentheses. You may give the author’s name in the parentheses, too, or include it in your sentence. (If you include the name in your sentence, give the year directly after; if you put the name and year in parentheses, put them at the end of the sentence where you quote or paraphrase the source.) Here are two very simple examples of how this might look:

· Geller (2001) found that women who shop with their mothers spend twice as much on a dress as those who shop with friends.

· Studies suggest that women who shop with their mothers spend twice as much on a dress as those who shop with friends (Geller, 2001).

Purdue Online Writing Lab Resources

Citing in APA Style

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Citing Internet Sources

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html

Citing books and articles

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_books.html

Books

Thernstrom, M. (1997). Halfway heaven: Diary of a Harvard murder. New York, NY: Doubleday.

[author, by last name, initial.] [(year).] [title.] [city of publication, state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods: publisher.]

Article or Book with Two or Three Authors

Faulkner, W., & Arnold, E. (1985). Smothered by invention. London, England: Pluto.

[both authors by last name, initial, linked by ampersand.] [(year).] [title.] [city of publication, country: publisher.]

Note: APA style lists the city and state (using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods) for U.S. publishers and the city and full country name for publishers outside the United States.

Article or Book with Four or More Authors

Belenky, M., Clinchy, B., Goldberger, N., & Tarule, J. (1986). Women’s ways of knowing. New York, NY: Basic.

[all authors by last name, initial.] [(year).] [title.] [city of publication, state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods: publisher.]

Multiple Sources by the Same Author

Bartholomae, D. (1986). Inventing the university. In M. Rose (Ed.), When a writer can’t write: Research on writer’s block and other writing problems (pp. 134-166). New York, NY: Guilford.

[author by last name, initial.]

Bartholomae, D. (1995). “Writing with teachers: A conversation with Peter Elbow.” College composition and communication 46 (1), 62-71.

[author’s last name, initial. List the items by date, starting with the earliest.]

Article in a journal

APA:

Masri, H. A. (1995). Carnival laughter in the pardoner’s tale. Medieval Perspectives X, 148-156.

[author, by last name, initial.] [(year).] [title of article, no quotation marks.] [title of journal] [volume number,] [full page numbers for article.]

Article in a Magazine

APA:

Considine, J. D. (1999, December). Radical shriek. Guitar World, 62-68, 210-214.

[author, by last name, initial.] [(issue date).] [article title, no quotation marks] [magazine title,] [full page numbers for article.]

Article in a Newspaper

Sullivan, R. (1991, April 27). Jury quickly acquits man charged in brush with officer. New York Times, p. A28.

[author, by last name, initial.] [(date in parentheses).] [article title, no quotation marks.] [newspaper title,] [“p.” page number.]

Sample Outline Templates

Good example but doesn’t mention the hook:

https://valenciacollege.edu/wp/cssc/documents/SampleArgumentOutline.pd

A slightly different outline template

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/jason.laviolette/persuasive-essay-outline