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This document provides instructions and requirements for a group assignment on business ethics for a university course. Students must form groups of up to 5 members and choose a movie related to business ethics to analyze. They must write a report that includes a summary of the movie's story, identification of 3 relevant ethics issues portrayed, and for each issue: how it was depicted, how it was resolved (if at all), and how it should have been resolved. The report should also include the students' views on the movie's perspective on ethics, recommendations supported by examples, and what they learned. Students must submit their report individually after jointly working on it as a group. The assignment aims to develop students' understanding and application of ethics in business.

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BET2014 Assignment Instructions

This document provides instructions and requirements for a group assignment on business ethics for a university course. Students must form groups of up to 5 members and choose a movie related to business ethics to analyze. They must write a report that includes a summary of the movie's story, identification of 3 relevant ethics issues portrayed, and for each issue: how it was depicted, how it was resolved (if at all), and how it should have been resolved. The report should also include the students' views on the movie's perspective on ethics, recommendations supported by examples, and what they learned. Students must submit their report individually after jointly working on it as a group. The assignment aims to develop students' understanding and application of ethics in business.

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BET 2014 BUSINESS ETHICS

Trimester 1 2019/2020

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

Title of Assignment
Business and Ethics

Objective/ Aim of this Assignment


The objective of this assignment is to develop the students’ ability to understand, apply
and identify the ethical aspects in business.

General Information

Organization Group (group members shall not exceed 5 students/group)


This assignment contributes to 30% to the total coursework marks:
Assessment Assignment report: 20%
Group presentation: 10% (will be individually assessed)
Assignment/group
Please submit your group registration form and title confirmation to
registration (if
your lecturer by Week 3 (15th July 2019).
any)
Student Learning
This assignment shall take 20 hours to complete.
Time
Submission to Lecturer by section
Cover page Please use the provided cover page template
Typeface/Font Times New Roman
Font size 12
Line spacing 1.5
Top: 2.54 cm; Bottom: 2.54cm; Left: 2.54cm;
Submission Margins
Right: 2.54cm
requirements
Maximum 15 pages, excluding preliminary
Length pages, references and appendices (supporting
documents, charts, diagrams, photos)
Reference
APA Style
format
Binding Stapled/Comb binding

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INSTRUCTIONS:

Did you know that the film industry makes many movies about unethical practices?
Watch a movie and write an analysis of what it says about business ethics. You
are required to discuss your arguments/views/conclusion and provide your own
recommendations.

The choice of the movie is up to you to decide, but do make sure that it is related to
Business Ethics. Herewith is a list of movies related to Business Ethics that you
may choose from (however, you may also suggest a movie of your choice and
obtain approval from your lecturer):-

 Battle in Seattle
 Blood Diamond
 Erin Brockovich (industrial poisoning of a water supply)
 My Sister’s Keeper
 The Insider (secrets of the cigarette industry)
 The Whistleblower
 Up in the Air
 The 33 (mining accident)
 Zootopia
 Monsters Inc.
 Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
 Coco
 The Devil Wears Prada
 The Circle (internet privacy)
 Sully
 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

1. Your assignment should include:


 A short summary of the story;
 Identification of at least three (3) relevant issues about business
ethics presented by or suggested in the movie, i.e., what business
ethics issues were portrayed in the movie?
 Based on each of the 3 relevant issues about business ethics
portrayed in the movie, do the following:
o Briefly describe how the issue was portrayed.
o How was the issue resolved, if at all?
o How should the issue have been resolved?

2
 Your views/arguments about the adequateness of the movie’s
perspective on business ethics;
 Your recommendations – you can support your recommendations with
real world cases or examples.
 Overall what did you learn from this exercise?

Assessment will be based on:

 Communication in writing – language and grammar


 Creativity, originality and validity
 Identification, application and understanding technique

Submission Date of Completed Report:

Week 11
Monday: 13 SEPTEMBER 2019 by 5.00 pm
Reminder:
 Late submission- Marks will be penalized at the discretion of the instructor.

Group Presentation:

Week 12 & 13
Plagiarism

 Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and strictly prohibited.


 Plagiarism include the following behaviours (but not limited to):
o copy another student’s work,
o fail to properly cite other people’s work or give proper credit to the original source,
o hire or ask another individual to complete the assignment for you,
o copy too many words or ideas from one or two sources, that makes up a significant
portion of your work, even with proper citation .
 The lecturer has the rights not to accept submission of plagiarised or duplicated work.
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Group work

 Each group member must actively participate in the completion of the assignment.
Free-riding is unethical and extremely unfair to fellow group members.
 Each group member is expected to keep the contact numbers and e-mail addresses
of the other members of the group.
 The group leader has the responsibility to ensure that all group members play a part
in the completion of the assignment. The group leader is also responsible to ensure
that all members’ names are written on the final submission.
 It is the responsibility of each group member to ensure that the final submission is
complete and of the acceptable standard. Should any errors or omission occurred in
the final submission, each group member is held accountable for negligence – in
other words, failure to perform their responsibilities as expected.

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BET2014 BUSINESS ETHICS
Trimester 1, 2019/2020

Title of Project : _________________


Submission date: 13/09/2019

Lecturer/Tutor : ______________________

Prepared by:

Student ID Student Name

Declaration by group leader

(This section is to be filled in the student’s own handwriting.)

I hereby declare that all group members’ names are correctly included in the above section. I
hold a copy of this assignment which I can produce if the original is lost or damaged. I certify that
no part of this assignment has been copied from any other student’s work or from any other
source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment.

Group leader’s signature : _____________________________

Group leader’s name : _____________________________

Group leader’s student ID : _____________________________

Date : _____________________________

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Group member’s Declaration
(Each group member, including the group leader, must individually fill up and submit this form, in the student’s own
handwriting. This form is to be inserted in the final submission.)

Group member’s name : ____________________________

For the purpose of completing this assignment, I have performed the following tasks (please list):

I hereby declare that I have assessed the final submission and I take full responsibility should there be any
inaccuracies, incompleteness, omissions, delays or non-submission.

Group member’s signature : ________________________________

Group member’s name : ________________________________

Group member’s ID : ________________________________

Group member’s telephone no : ________________________________

Date : ________

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