BMOM5203/USTY/MAY16/A-KK

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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BMOM5203
ORGANISATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
MAY 2016
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

1. This assignment contains question that is set in English.

2. Answer in English only.

3. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.

4. You must submit your hardcopy assignment to your Facilitator according to the due date.

5. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s
assignment. You should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own.

EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course and shall be assessed based on
the Rubrics attached.

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

“An ethical issue is a situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among
several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong”.
(Bateman and Snell, 2015; p. 156)

PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is todevelop learners’ ability to:
1. Identify and analyse the types of business ethical issues and dilemmas faced by managers;
2. Evaluate the corporate social responsibility actions and policies taken by an organisation;
3. Propose actions to improve and enhance the ethical environment of the organisation.

REQUIREMENT
In order to perform the assignment tasks, you have to search and select relevant journal articles and
books for your reference, and select a suitable organisation that you know of or are familiar with to
carry out your study. You can get information about the organisation either on the basis of your
observation and / or interview with the relevant staff and / or based on the written reports or
magazine / newspaper articles about the organisation.

QUESTION
Based on your reading of journal articles and books, identify and discuss the business ethical issues
and dilemmas faced by managers today. Also give arguments for and against the concept of
corporate social responsiblity (CSR). Further, based on your knowledge of the organisation that you
have selected, analyse and discuss with justification and evidences, the ethical, unethical and CSR
actions and policies of the selected organisation. What would you propose to the management of
the organisation to develop and enhance its business ethical environment and value of its CSR
practices?

REPORT GUIDELINE

1. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Eight (8) journal articles / books on business ethics and corporate social responsibilty (CSR).
• Identify and discuss the business ethical issues and dilemmas faced by managers today.
• Write arguments for and against the concept of corporate social responsiblity (CSR) for
organisations.

2. ANALYSIS ETHICAL, UNETHICAL AND CSR PRACTICES IN THE SELCTED ORGANISATION

• Background of the organisation – private / public sector; types of products / services; and
employment size (No need to give the name and adress of the company / organisation).
• Description of ethical and unethical practices with justifications or evidences.
• Consequences of ethical and unethical practices on the organisation / company and its
stakeholders.
• Description of CSR practices with justifications or evidences.

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3. PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION
• Based on the reading of the literature and findings from the organisational analysis, propose
recommendations to develop and enhance the business ethical environment and value of
the CSR practices of the organisation.

4. REFERENCES
• Use APA format in citations and listing of references.

(TOTAL: 100 MARKS)