Description:

Construct an annotated bibliography.

• Are corporations obliged to help combat social problems?

• Is factory farming morally justifiable?

• Should employers screen potential employees on the basis of lifestyle, physical appearance or personality tests?

• When are wages fair?

• Do unions promote the interests of workers or infringe their rights?

• When, if ever, is an employee morally required to 'blow the whistle'?

• Should employees ever use their positions inside an organisation to advance their own interests?

• Do drug tests violate employees' rights to privacy?

• What obligations does a worker have to outside groups such as customers, competitors or society in general?

ABOUT ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

An annotated bibliography is 'a list of sources on a topic by many authors, collected to form the knowledge on that topic' (Hart 2001). Your annotated bibliography should provide a brief account of at least five academic articles on your chosen topic. Its purpose is to inform yourself about the topic and its ethical dimensions whilst at the same time developing your academic skills of literature searching and review: these are generic skills which will serve you well in other subjects.

Structurally, an annotated bibliography comprises of a list of sources known as 'citations' and formatted in Harvard referencing style. In this assessment your sources (citations) need to be academic journal articles and NOT text-books or popular sources such as newspapers, magazines or web-sites like Wikipedia.

Each entry in an annotated bibliography consists of a citation followed by a few short review paragraphs; these paragraphs are the 'annotations' and should be a concise description, analysis and evaluation of the article cited.

Your annotated bibliography should contain a minimum of five citations with reviews.

The age of articles is important too: contemporary articles offer the most recent thinking on the topic.