Description:

Assessment requires students to construct an annotated bibliography on ONE of the topics listed below.

• Is corporate bribery acceptable under some circumstances?
• Is participatory management more moral then autocratic management?
• Does affirmative action work? Is it ethical?
• Why do ‘good' managers sometimes make ‘bad' ethical choices?
• What's best for business: utilitarianism or deontology?
• Is corporate social responsibility just a deceptive marketing ruse?
• Should multi-national corporations (MNCs) have a high regard for cultural relativism?
• Do codes of business ethics really work?
• Is creative accounting' acceptable?

The essay requires:

• Research and review of the contemporary literature in the topic area.

• A range of citations and references that should demonstrate breadth and depth of research.

• Industry and/or organisational examples to be incorporated into the essay as illustrative evidence.

• A original argument to be built through the use of critical thinking.

• Critical evaluation in the essay's conclusions.

• Appropriate and accurate use of the Harvard referencing system