ETHICAL OR CULTURAL DILEMMA

ESSAY (ONLINE)
ASSESSMENT 4

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Key Assessment Information

Length or
Overview Worth Due
Duration
This assessment An essay of 30% You will be provided with
essay task asks up to 700 a case study topic. You
you to consider words with will research this topic and use the
varying any unit's problem-solving tools and
perspectives on necessary strategies that you have learned in the
culture or Appendices morning research and planning
ethics. By or session.
working through attachments
In the afternoon session for the
a cultural and/or
writing part of this assessment, you
ethical issue,
will be supervised and during this
you will
session you will then write, edit,
consider the
reference and submit your essay and
importance of
attachments by the end of the
responding
supervised assessment time. The
appropriately to
supervised assessment will take
diverse
place in the afternoon on the same
perspectives
day.
with a variety of
options.
PURPOSE & LEARNING OUTCOMES

The purpose of this assessment task is to:

• Practice and demonstrate problem solving techniques

• Develop essay writing skills

The unit learning outcomes assessed are:

• LO 1: Articulate the ethical, social, cultural, political and legal

dimensions of effective business practice.
• LO 2: Develop and demonstrate foundational business skills
including problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, information
and academic literacy, oral, written and digital communication.

DETAILS

After reading a case study revolving around some ethical or cultural issue,
you will be required to use the problem-solving techniques learnt in order
to explore varying perspectives, and to discuss a range of options that
reflect the interests of all stakeholders. You should use the TEEL essay
structure (see examples and explanation in Collaborate). Give readers an
Introduction, and provide any necessary background information.
Relevant readings

• Fogler, H. S. (2014). Strategies for creative problem solving

Cultural Dilemma & Ethical Dilemma readings are provided on VUC.

The case study will be allocated to you and will be made
available in the Assessment 4 Drop Box Case Study Topic
Folder on the day of your assessment 4.
Please Note:
 • The time and date and arrangements for your preparation and
planning will be confirmed.
• Please pay attention to the Assessment schedule on VUC in the
learning space for the confirmed date and time for assessment
4.
• The time, date and venue for the supervised part of the
assessment will be also confirmed locally.

INSTRUCTIONS

To get started on your assessment task, please follow the instructions

below; In the morning Research and Planning Session on the date of the
assessment 4 you will be able to download your Dilemma’ case study
from Assessment 4 Drop Box Case Study Topic Folder

1. You must:

• Read and analyse the ‘Dilemma’ brief text

• Create an appendix of Problem Solving Techniques (as
set out below), and
• Research your topic to find useful and appropriate
reference sources.
1. Brainstorm
2. Mind map
3. Musts/Wants analysis
4. Kepner Tregoe Decision Analysis
5. Duncker Diagram (optional)

2. Prepare your essay plan, but do not commence writing your essay
until the supervised time, as you will receive further instructions.
3. Then (the supervised essay writing session): Read your further
instructions and also use your plan to Write an Essay of up to 700
words using the TEEL essay structure (120 mins). Apply the readings
and reference sources which you have found to support your essay.
4. You will be required to demonstrate correct APA referencing
including examples of in-text citations, direct quotations,
paraphrasing and a reference list.
5. You should proofread and edit your essay carefully and make sure
that you have followed the instructions carefully.
6. When submitted into the Dropbox, your Essay will be checked for
plagiarism (Urkund Originality Check). You will have access to the
originality report, and if necessary, could rewrite and resubmit your
essay to achieve a lower "Similarity" percentage. But you will need
to manage your time to submit by the end of the supervised session.
Your target for this should always be "lower than 20% similarity".
7. Upload your Essay, Plan and your Student Declaration (which you
can prepare in advance) to the Assessment 4 Dropbox
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The following levels of criteria will be used to grade this assessment

task:

• Criterion 1: Problem solving techniques

• Criterion 2: Understanding of cultural/ethical dilemma

• Criterion 3: Basic analytical skills (developing a

rationale/justifications)
• Criterion 4: Essay writing skills using the TEEL structure (including

use of APA referencing system)

Access the Assessment 4 rubric for the full marking criteria on VUC within
the assessment information.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your completed assessment electronically via

the assessment dropbox for this assessment. Do not forget to upload a
signed student declaration and include this with your submission and a
copy of your plan.