Case Study: Business Ethics
Title Case Study: Business Ethics
Assignment Guidance
| Section / Title | Details / Guidance |
| Executive Summary | Do not include an ES – this is a short report. |
| Introduction: (around 150 words) |
Short introduction that outlines briefly why business ethics is an important current topic in the leadership and management of people and signposts the principal issues to be addressed if each of the tasks is to be satisfactorily answered. |
| Task 1: (around 400 words) | You may use recent ‘scandals’ as examples from the UK or elsewhere that have appeared in the media and deal with one or more aspects of accountability / transparency / employee ethical conduct. Please see the more detailed attached reading To keep within the word limits you may need to use tables /charts / diagrams to provide some of your ‘evidence’. Ensure you categorise clearly what is meant by ‘risk’ and who the ‘risk’ applies to. |
| Task 2: (around 400 words) | This is asking you to set out what policies and practices you would put in place to ensure ethical operation at the PA. In some cases, this will mean providing alternatives to achieving the three goals of accountability, transparency and employee conduct within your answer. You should base your approach on best practice. |
| Task 3: (around 450 words) | This should provide a focused answer that critically evaluates and justifies an appropriate leadership model to lead strategic ethical change. There is a need to illustrate and justify a suitable change initiative that would be suitable to change the culture of the unethical organisation selected in task one. Lessons learned should be seen as recommendations that could be used for the PA organisation. |
| Reference List | A list of the third-party sources you have consulted and which are cited directly in the text. Predominately these should be those provided on / accessed via, . A brief note explaining the reason/s for including wider internet sources used should be given at the beginning of your list of references where necessary. All these sources should be properly identified. Harvard style |
| Appendices | No appendices are necessary. |
| Word Limit | 1,400 words +/- 10% |
Marking Guidelines
Mark Band A: 70-100%
Knowledge (Tasks 1 & 2)
Confident, comprehensive understanding of core issues / concepts and a clear / accurate comprehension of their respective significance and impact on organisation. Higher ‘A’ grades will demonstrate very extensive attempts to write concisely in presenting arguments and evidence.
Understanding (Tasks 1 & 2)
Continuous sustained attempt to critically assess and evaluate across the assignment. Signposting of issues in the Introduction will demonstrate some deeper thinking from the student than merely a re-phrasing of the Assignment Brief.
Presentation & Persuasion (Task 3)
Conclusions / recommendations are very closely and explicitly linked to any regulatory / performance ‘gaps’ found in the preceding task/s. Higher ‘A’ grades will rank the significance of findings/ conclusions / recommendations more explicitly than for lower grades. resources will be consistently used and alignment to the questions being addressed will be exact. There will a strong sense of ‘audience’ in Task 3. Clear format which follows report / Harvard protocols accurately
Mark Band B: 60-69%
Knowledge (Tasks 1 & 2)
Comprehensive understanding of core issues / concepts and a clear / accurate comprehension of their respective significance, but less clear / developed regarding impact on organisation than for an ‘A’ grade answer.
Understanding (Tasks 1 & 2)
Analysis and evaluation will predominate, but elements of description may still be evident. Limited efforts to signpost answer in the Introduction.
Presentation & Persuasion (Task 3)
Conclusions / Recommendations will be logical and viable but may not be consistently / explicitly linked to gaps found in the preceding task/s. Findings / conclusions / recommendations will not be comprehensively ranked in terms of their importance as an ‘A’ grade answer. resources will be less convincingly / comprehensively used. Clear format which follows report /Harvard protocols accurately
Mark Band C: 50-59%
Knowledge (Tasks 1 & 2)
A good range of literature and research sources on the topic area has been consulted. Citations will generally be of good quality and often support key arguments / points being made.
Understanding (Tasks 1 & 2)
There will be an attempt to analyse / evaluate but this may not be consistently maintained and some parts of the answer will remain descriptive. Some attempt to signpost answer in Introduction but this may rely on the detail of the Assignment Brief.
Presentation & Persuasion (Task 3)
Findings /Conclusions Recommendations may not be complete / make lack a business case although they will remain logical /viable. They may not be explicitly linked to gaps found in the preceding analysis. resources may be used patchily. Clear format which follows report /Harvard protocols accurately.
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