Remark: Students are advised to read all instructions before writing the assignment.
Learning outcomes to be covered by this assignment:
| 1. Students will gain a basic comprehension of several ethical theories and concepts. |
| 2. Students will be able to apply the concepts to specific issues and problems confronting modern businesses. |
| 3. Students will be able to explain and to think critically about the ethical dimensions and outcomes of contemporary business decisions and practices. |
| 4. Through the simulation, students should be able to appreciate and understand clearly the moral dilemma faced by businesses. |
Scope of the Assignment
This assignments aims to help in developing independent as well as collaborative learning skills. Students are expected to work in groups for completing the assignment applying conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills. Student can complete the assignment by using online /library resources.
Plagiarism Policy[Ref: Assessment Policy Ref: MC/ASSP/v1]
Plagiarism includes, and not limited to, submitting a report/presentation/ dissertation/ term paper/research paper or any other work to be graded which includes the production of other author(s) without properly acknowledging the original author(s) of the work, or use the work of other person (paid or un paid) and submitting it to be its own work to claim grades or any other credit. The college is using a text matching detection software, text similarity above 20% is not acceptable and deemed plagiarism.
Please check with your course instructor for further orientation and information about plagiarism practice avoidance.
Submission Instructions
- Use A4 size paper, Times New Roman 12 font size with single line spacing in text.
- Use first page of assignment as cover page to submit your work
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Facts & Analysis
- Discussion & Recommendations
- Conclusion & Learning Outcomes
- Submit soft copy of assignment through college portal and hard copy as per instructions of the course instructor.
- Late submission is subjected to maximum deduction of 01mark per delayed day
- Plagiarized work shall not be considered to award any marks
- Similarity ratio more than 20% marks as 0.
Evaluation Summary
| Questions | Max. Marks | Marks Obtained | Comments |
| 1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2.5 | ||
| Total Marks(in figures) | 10 | ||
| Total Marks(in words) | Ten | ||
| Evaluator’s Signature | |||
Assignment (4 X 2.5 = 10 Marks)
Group Assignments (Each Group Comprises of 5 Students)
Questions:
- Discuss the importance of Business Ethics, how moral standards and moral development stages linked with ethics? What is corporate social responsibility, is ethical relativism right?
- What is the utilitarian approach to moral decision making? How do human rights apply to business situations? Discuss with the help of examples.
- Why is a perfectly competitive free market said to be desirable from an ethical point of View?
- Is the relationship between a business and its customers merely a contract, or is there more to it? How far must manufacturers go to make their product safe?