BET 2014 BUSINESS ETHICS

Trimester 1 2017/2018

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%
Class Participation: 10% (will be individually assessed)
Assignment/group
Please submit your group registration form and title confirmation to
registration (if
your lecturer by Week 2 (14th July 2017).
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):-

A Civil Action
All the Presidents Men (political cover-up)
Babbettes Feast
Barbarians at the Gate
Battle in Seattle
Blood Diamond
Boiler Room
Bonfire on the Vanities
Erin Brockovich (industrial poisoning of a water supply)
Glen Gary Glen Ross
High Noon
Hoffa
Its a Free World
Matewan
Michael Clayton
Monster Inc.
My Sisters Keeper
Norma Rae
Open Heart (medical care in hospitals)
Quiz Show (ethical dilemma concerning cheating)
Roger & Me (corporate downsizing)
Serpico (police corruption)
Silkwood (safety concerns)
The Big One (corporate downsizing)
The China Syndrome (nuclear accident)
The Informant!
The Insider (secrets of the cigarette industry)
The Whistleblower
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 Tin Men
Up in the Air
Wall Street
Zootopia

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?

Your views/arguments about the adequateness of the movies

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

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Submission Date of Completed Report:

Week 11
Monday: 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 by 5.00 pm
Reminder:
Late submission- Marks will be penalized at the discretion of the instructor.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and strictly prohibited.

Plagiarism include the following behaviours (but not limited to):
o copy another students work,
o fail to properly cite other peoples 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.

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, 2017/2018

Title of Project : _________________

Submission date: 15 09 2017

Lecturer/Tutor : ______________________

Prepared by:

Student ID Student Name

Declaration by group leader

(This section is to be filled in the students 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 students work or from any other
source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment.

Group leaders signature : _____________________________

Group leaders name : _____________________________

Group leaders student ID : _____________________________

Date : _____________________________

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

Group members 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 members signature : ________________________________

Group members name : ________________________________

Group members ID : ________________________________

Group members telephone no : ________________________________

Date : ________