A252CGE Assignment

Guide
Module Title: Be The Change Assignment 1
Number
Module Code: A252CGE Assignment Be the Change (Corporate Social
Title Responsibility): BLOG/ VBLOG

Submission 5th April 2021 (18:00) Module Name: Alex Regan

Date: Leader Email: aa4040@coventry.ac.uk
No 19th April 2021
Detriment (18:00)
(Submission
s between
original date
and date
indicated
will receive
no penalty)

By the end of this module you should have demonstrated the

following:
Reflect on their own intercultural awareness and
ILO1 attitude as they engage and co-operate with
individuals whose cultural orientations and
perspectives may be different from their own.
Analyse and evaluate aspects of the UN Sustainability
ILO2 Development Goals and Corporate Social
Responsibility associated directly to the location and
context of the field trip they engage with

ILO3 Demonstrate critical awareness of employers

approaches to working towards the UN
Sustainability Development Goals, and undertake a
cross comparative analysis of a minimum of two
employers.
The University wants you to do your best. However we know that sometimes events happen
which mean that you can’t submit your coursework by the deadline – these events should be
beyond your control and not easy to predict.  If this happens, you can apply for an extension to
your deadline for up to two weeks, or if you need longer, you can apply for a deferral, which
takes you to the next assessment period (for example, to the resit period following the main
Assessment Boards). You must apply before the deadline.

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 You will find information about the process and what is or is not considered to be an event
beyond your control at: https://share.coventry.ac.uk/students/Registry/Pages/Deferrals-and-
Extension.aspx

GUIDELINES AND BACKGROUND TO THIS ASSIGNMENT

The Assignment Questions

Please ensure you answer this questions fully.

Blog/ VBLOG

The assignment requires you to submit an individual BLOG/VBLOG (1750 words or

equivalent if recorded).

Standard university 10% +/- margin applies

Question (two sections):

Section 1:

Why should companies or organisations adopt Corporate Social Responsible practices?

Section 2:

Compare and Contrast a minimum of two company’s approaches to supporting the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals. One of the companies must be based or operate in
a country you have selected as a field trip destination.

Assignment, 100 % of mark

This assignment consists of two sections (to be submitted as one piece) with a word count of 1,750 words.
The standard University 10% +/- margin applies.

Learning Element Percentage of

Outcome mark
LO1 Reflect on their own intercultural awareness and attitude as they
engage and co-operate with individuals whose cultural 80%
orientations and perspectives may be different from their own.
LO2 Analyse and evaluate aspects of the UN Sustainability
Development Goals and Corporate Social Responsibility
associated directly to the location and context of the field trip
they engage with
LO3 Demonstrate critical awareness of employers approaches to
working towards the UN Sustainability Development Goals, and
undertake a cross comparative analysis of a minimum of two
Criteria for Assessment
employers.
Please refer to the Rubric in the module guide for further information on how work is assessed
Research
and graded. Use of resources, research and referencing 10%
Style Innovation, structure, style, presentation and language 10%
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How to pass this module

In order to pass this module, you need to:

 Ensure that you have fully met all the learning outcomes and tasks as detailed in this
Assignment Brief (if you do not meet one or more of the learning outcomes, you
will not be able to pass)
 Ensure that assignment meets academic standards for referencing, structure, spelling
and grammar use.
 Use the marking criteria to ensure you demonstrate key academic principles.
 Submit all the work required through Aula by the given deadline

Before you submit your coursework, we strongly recommended that you check to ensure you
have answered all of the tasks and that you have met all of the Learning Outcomes.

IMPORTANT UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT RULES FOR YOU TO NOTE

1. Please submit an electronic copy of your assignment through Aula. You can access
the link through the module web on the Aula page.

2. The electronic version of your assignment may be used to enable checks to be made
using anti-plagiarism software and approved plagiarism checking websites. Your
course work will be given a zero mark if you do not submit a copy via Aula.

3. All work submitted after the submission deadline without an approved valid reason
(see below) will be given a mark of zero. (This is not the same as a non-submission,
which will be graded as AB (absent).

4. Should you submit work on time but fail the assignment, you may be offered a resit
opportunity at the discretion of the PAB (Programme Assessment Board). A resit
module mark will be capped at 40%.

5. The University wants you to do your best. However we know that sometimes events
happen which mean that you can’t submit your coursework by the deadline – these
events should be beyond your control and not easy to predict.  If this happens, you
can apply for an extension to your deadline for up to two weeks, or if you need
longer, you can apply for a deferral, which takes you to the next assessment period
(for example, to the resit period following the main Assessment Boards). You must
apply before the deadline. You will find information about the process and what is
or is not considered to be an event beyond your control at:
https://share.coventry.ac.uk/students/Registry/Pages/Deferrals-and-
Extension.aspx

6. Students MUST keep a copy and/or an electronic file of their assignment.

Word Count Limit

You must indicate the number of words you have used on the front page of your Assignment
Submission Sheet. When you calculate this you must include any quotations and footnotes you
have used but you do not need to count the Bibliography or any Appendices. The standard
University 10% +/- margin applies.

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The contents of your Bibliography and Appendices are not normally given a specific mark, but
they may contribute to your overall mark, for example, under the heading of “Use of resources
and research.” We therefore recommend that you only use Appendices for supporting material
and not for the substantial part of your work.

Plagiarism

As part of your study you will be involved in carrying out research and using this when writing
up your coursework. It is important that you correctly acknowledge someone else’s writing or
thoughts and that you do not attempt to pass this off as your own work. Doing so is known as
plagiarism. It is not acceptable to copy from another source without acknowledging that it is
someone else’s writing or thinking. This includes using paraphrasing as well as direct
quotations. You are expected to correctly cite and reference the works of others. The Centre for
Academic Writing provides documents to help you get this right.  If you are unsure, please
visit www.coventry.ac.uk/caw.

Assessors are able to spot cases of plagiarism. The Faculty insists that coursework is submitted
through a plagiarism detection system known as Turnitin. Copying another student’s work,
large sections from a book or the internet are examples of plagiarism and carry serious
consequences. Please familiarise yourself with the CU Harvard Reference Style and use it
correctly to avoid a case of plagiarism or cheating being brought. If you are unsure please refer
to your tutor. Also please note that the assignment needs to be a new and original piece of
work (e.g. you haven’t re-used one of your previous assignments)

Return of Marked Work

You can expect to have marked work returned to you by the University deadlines (two weeks
from the submission deadline for Level 3 and Postgraduate assessments and three weeks from
the submission deadline for Level 1 and 2 assessments). Marks should be available through
Turnitin. Marks will have been internally moderated only, and will therefore be provisional;
your mark will be formally agreed later in the year once the external examiner has completed
his / her review.

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