BUS- B368F Business Issues and Ethics Assignment 1

Assignment Guideline Form a group of five to six students from the same tutorial class. Select a company of your choice which has been featured in the media in 2019 or 2020 due to an unethical business practice. 

Assess whether the business practice is ethical or unethical according to the perspective of the following course concepts and theories. Explain your reasoning in detail for each course concept and theory: 

1. Cultural absolutism 2. Cultural relativism 3. Consequence-based (utilitarianism) ethical theory 4. Right-based ethical theory 5. Duty-based ethical theory 6. Justice-based ethical theory 7. Relationship-based (ethic of care) ethical theory 8. Character-based (virtue ethics) ethical theory 

Group Formation 

1. This assignment is a group project. 2. Form a group of five to six students. 3. All group members should come from the same tutorial class. 4. Submit the group member’s full names and student IDs to your tutor. 5. Submit your company of choice and unethical business practice to your tutor. 6. Each group focuses on another company. First come, first served. 7. Do not start until you have received approval from your tutor. 

Written Report 

1. MS Word format. 2. Font style: New Times Roman; Font size: 12. 3. Add page numbers. 4. Use headings. 5. The length of the report should not exceed 2,500 words. 6. All group members are required to submit a peer evaluation form (See OLE). Please 

submit a hard-copy of this form to your tutor. 7. Plagiarism = fail. 8. This assignment accounts for 20% of your final grade of this course. 

Outline of the Written Report The written report should include the following sections: 

1. Cover page: Please download from the OLE 2. Table of contents 

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3. Introduction: A brief introduction to the company of your choice and a summary 

of its unethical business practice(s). Also provide a link to a media report (in English) from 2019 or 2020 which describes the company and its unethical business practice(s). 4. Cultural absolutism 5. Cultural relativism 6. Consequence-based (utilitarianism) ethical theory 7. Right-based ethical theory 8. Duty-based ethical theory 9. Justice-based ethical theory 10. Relationship-based (ethic of care) ethical theory 11. Character-based (virtue ethics) ethical theory 12. Conclusion: Conclude the above findings. Overall, according to the above course concepts and theories, is the business practice considered mostly ethical or unethical? Do you agree? Why? Why not? 13. References: List all sources cited in your assignment. 

Submission Task 1 (9%) Mon 2 March 2020, 5:00 PM 

Submit Parts 1-7 described in “Outline of the Written Report” 1 Cover page 2 Table of contents 3 Introduction 4 Cultural absolutism 5 Cultural relativism 6 Consequence-based (utilitarianism) ethical theory 7 Right-based ethical theory 

Submission Task 2 (11%) Mon 16 March 2020, 5:00 PM 

Submit all parts described in “Outline of the Written Report” 1 Cover page 2 Table of contents 3 Introduction 4 Cultural absolutism 5 Cultural relativism 6 Consequence-based (utilitarianism) ethical theory 7 Right-based ethical theory 8 Duty-based ethical theory 9 Justice-based ethical theory 10 Relationship-based (ethic of care) ethical theory 11 Character-based (virtue ethics) ethical theory 12 Conclusion 13 References 

Submission Procedure for Written Report As a mechanism to maintain academic integrity, students are required to submit hard copies of their assignments as below: 

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i. Submission of soft copy 

Students should upload a soft copy of the assignment to the OLE of the course by 5:00 pm on the submission due date. Files uploaded to the OLE should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Please refer to the quick start guide for submission of assignments to Turnitin. 

ii. Submission of hard copy 

Not needed. 

iii. 10% of the marks awarded to the assignment will be deducted for each calendar day 

overdue. 

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