CASE STUDY // Business Ethics 3
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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Business Ethics and Organization Social Responsibility (MGT422)
Deadline: (28/11/2020 @ 23:59)
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Course Name: Business Ethics and Organization Social Responsibility |
Student’s Name: |
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Course Code: MGT422 |
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Semester: 1st |
CRN: 10751 |
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Academic Year: 1441/1442 H, 1st Term |
For Instructor’s Use only
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Instructor’s Name: Dr. Gowri Vijayan |
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Students’ Grade: /5 |
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low |
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
· This assignment is an individual assignment.
· The due date for Assignment 3 is by the end of Week 13 (28/11/2020).
· The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via an allocated folder.
· Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
· Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented. This also includes filling in your information on the cover page.
· Students must mention the question number clearly in their answer.
· Late submission will NOT be accepted.
· Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
· All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Assignment Workload:
· This Assignment comprises of a Case Study.
· The assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-3 students will able to understand the
LO 1.1 Demonstrate a solid understanding of prominent theories of ethics and morality
LO 2.1. Defend their rationale for decisions related to acceptable and unacceptable business conduct based on the business ethics principles.
LO 4.5. The capacity to write a coherent project about a case study or actual research about ethics.
Assignment-3
· Read the case article “Ethical dilemma of who survives self-driving car accident” Publication info: The New Zealand Herald; Auckland, New Zealand [Auckland, New Zealand]03 Jan 2019: B.3. available in SDL and answer the following questions:
Critical Thinking Question(s): (Marks 5)
1. Analyze the philosophical approach (3 prescriptive approaches) the author speaks about considering the examples mentioned in the article. (3 Marks)
2. Evaluate one of the Philosophical approaches and describe why you have (or would) use this approach to guide your decision making. (2 Marks)
Grading Criteria - Rubric for Assignment
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Criteria/Achievements |
Excellent |
Average |
Below Average |
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The philosophical approach to ethical decision making involves Prescriptive approaches (Students must discuss ethical perspectives of Consequentialist theory, Deontological Theories, and Virtue Ethics) must be clear. (60 % Score) |
Explain all the three approaches with relevant examples from the article case is clear.
(3 Marks) |
Examples are clearly explained but fail to explain all the three approaches.
(2 Mark) |
Examples and Approaches are not well explained.
(1 Mark) |
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The explanation should be based on selecting and reasoning the approach being used as a guideline for decision making. Eg if the student chooses the consequentialist approach then reasoning should be based on maximum benefits to society and minimize harms. (40 % Score) |
All the facets of the approach along with reasons are well explained.
(2 Marks) |
Explanation lacks clarity about the approach.
(1.5 Mark) |
Reasons are not acceptable for selecting a particular approach.
(0.5 Mark) |
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