HC2121 – Comparative Business Ethics – Melbourne T3. 2014
Group Assignment Guidelines
Group Assignment Guidelines:
? Students must organise themselves into groups of 4-5. You
are not allowed to submit on
your own as an individual. Each group will complete a
detailed case analysis and present
their case assessment, analysis, and research as part of a
written report.
? To successfully assess a case, you must engage in
additional research to gather more
background information as well as current information on the
company and situation.
? IMPORTANT: You must submit a soft copy to the Blackboard
‘Final submission link’, wait an
hour, then print the blackboard safe assign report and
attach it to your hard copy. Sign and
attach an assignment cover sheet to your hard copy, then
submit the hard copy to the
lecturer in class. Safe Assignment percentage matching
should be less than or equal to 15%
? Assignment Due Date: Week 10
o Assignments must be submitted no later than 5PM Friday 30
th January 2015
o Assignment length: 3000 words
? Topic: For this assignment your group must complete the
following Case Study from PART 5
Text Book (Business Ethics – 10th Edition by Ferrell).
o Case 17 ” Better Business Bureau: Protecting
Consumers & Dealing
with Organizational Ethics Challenges”
? Format: Standard Report Format. Please address all
questions in the case within your report
o Executive Summary: ideally one page but no more than two.
o Sections 1: Introduction
o Section 2: Main body of the report consisting the
questions at the end of case study
o Sections 3: Conclusions,
o Reference List (15-20 references).
? ** IMPORTANT: Additional Questions: In addition to the 3-4
questions in the Case Study –
each group must also answer the following 2 standard
questions at the end of their report:
o (1) What are the key ethical challenges facing businesses
in the 21st century? Why?
o (2) What recommendations would you make to companies (such
as in your case)
to improve and create a more ethical culture?
? **IMPORTANT: Student Contribution: Each group will be
required to complete a student
contribution assessment sheet (which will be posted to
Blackboard) to ensure that all
members of the group contribute fairly to the group
assessment. This form must be
completed, signed by all members of your group and submitted
with your assignment.
Marking Guidelines
Group case study: (20 marks)
Structure and format, including referencing 3
Critical analysis, problem identification 6
Solution, quality of recommendations 6
Integration with core concepts in the course 5
