BMOM5203/JAN16/A-NK

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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BMOM5203
ORGANISATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
JANUARY 2016
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. This assignment contains question that is set in English.
2. Answer in English.
3. Learners are to submit assignment only in MsWord (.docx) format unless
specified otherwise. Please refrain from converting text / phrases into
picture format such as .gif / .jpeg / print screen / etc.
4. Download the language version of the assignment template concerned
from the myVLE for preparation and submission of your assignment. Your
assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and
1.5 line spacing.
5. Your assignment should be between 3,000 to 5,000 words excluding
references. The number of words should be shown at the end of your
assignment. Do not copy the assignment question and instructions to
your answer.
6. Submission of assignment:

Face-to-face Class Student:

You MUST submit a softcopy of your assignment online through myVLE
and a hardcopy to your facilitator.

Online student:
You MUST submit a softcopy of your assignment via myVLE and
another softcopy to the facilitator via e-mail.

7. You can submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

8. Your assignment must be submitted between 11th March 2016 until
13th March 2016.
9. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy
another persons assignment. You should also not plagiarise another
persons work as your own.
10.Please ensure that you keep the RECEIPT issued upon submisson of your
assignment as proof of submission. Your assignment is considered as NOT

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submitted if you fail to produce the submission receipt in any dispute

arises concerning assignment submission.

EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course and shall
be assessed based on the Rubrics attached.
You would be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester
Examination commences.
PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION
Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity
check. If plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows:

No.

% Similarity Group

1
2
3
4

0 30
30.01 50
50.01 70
70.01 100

% of Mark
Deduction
0
5
10
100

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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.

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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.

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)