‘How well do GSK balance demands for shareholder value with the need for corporate social responsibility?’

Class

Descriptor (which reflects the highest possible mark attainable)

Possible Mark

Upper-range first

Your work is exceptional and of sufficient quality to be awarded an upper-range first class mark. Your work is authoritative and amply demonstrates very advanced knowledge and a very advanced ability to integrate the full range of principles, theories, evidence and techniques. The clarity and originality of thought and the way that it is expressed is very impressive for this level of work.

100

Upper-range first

95

Upper-range first

92

Mid-range first

Your work is outstanding and of sufficient quality to be awarded a mid-range first class mark. Your response to the question is insightful. You demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of this topic. To improve future marks you should attempt to refine your analysis and arguments even further.

88

Mid-range first

85

Mid-range first

82

Lower-range first

Your work is excellent and of sufficient quality to be awarded a lower-range first class mark. You demonstrate a detailed level of understanding of this topic. To improve future marks you should attempt to identify any weaker parts of your argument and/or its presentation, ensure you have addressed opposing viewpoints or evidence decisively, and consider extending the range and use of supporting resources even further.

78

Lower-range first

75

Lower-range first

72

2.1

Your work is very good and of sufficient quality to be awarded a merit mark. Your work is sound and well-considered. To improve future marks you could integrate a wider range of sources and/or deepen your analysis. You may also need to develop weaker parts of your argument and/or its presentation, ensuring that you have identified and addressed key opposing viewpoints or evidence.

68

2.1

65

2.1

62

2.2

Your work is good and of sufficient quality to be awarded a pass mark. Your work is competent and coherent. To improve future marks you could integrate a wider range of sources and should increase your level of critical appraisal and seek to demonstrate a more integrated understanding of the subject and possible opposing viewpoints in your analysis. You could also improve the presentation and structure of your work.

58

2.2

55

2.2

52

3

Your work has sufficient knowledge, use of appropriate resources and quality of presentation to warrant a pass. You demonstrate an adequate understanding of the topic. To achieve a higher mark you need to make sure that all your points are fully supported with data or evidence from the literature. You also need to achieve greater analytical depth and take fuller account of opposing viewpoints or evidence in order to provide more substantial, comprehensive and nuanced support for your argument.

48

3

45

3

42

F

Your work demonstrates insufficient knowledge and skills in the specific topic area and does not merit a pass mark. Your work demonstrates some awareness of the topic, although it is a frequently incoherent, or partial, response. To improve future marks you should improve your awareness of the appropriate principles, theories, evidence and techniques and engage more critically with them. You should present and structure your arguments better and make sure that they are substantiated. You should seek to undertake, or demonstrate that you have undertaken, independent work.

38

F

35

F

32

F

Your work is inadequate and does not merit a pass mark. It demonstrates a confused or deficient awareness of the subject matter. To improve future marks you should improve your awareness of the appropriate principles, theories, evidence and techniques and engage critically with them. You should present and structure your arguments and make sure that they are substantiated. You should seek to undertake, or demonstrate that you have undertaken, independent work.

28

F

25

22

F

Your work is severely inadequate and does not merit a pass mark. You demonstrate a very deficient understanding of the topic. To improve future marks you should improve your awareness of the appropriate principles, theories, evidence and techniques and engage critically with them. You should present and structure your arguments and make sure that they are substantiated. You should seek to undertake, or demonstrate that you have undertaken, independent work.

15

F

Your work is profoundly inadequate and does not merit a pass mark. Your representation or understanding of thinking in the discipline is highly deficient. To improve future marks you should seek to understand thinking in the discipline and engage critically with it. You should present and structure your arguments and make sure that they are substantiated. You should seek to undertake, or demonstrate that you have undertaken, independent work.

5

F

0