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Week 2 Set Assessment Exercise

Each week your answer to the assessment exercises will build into your final graded report. Add your
answer from this week to your answer to last week, and continue to build your report each week as
you progress with your study of the module. You may use your organisation or your community as
the focus but you should be consistent throughout the report. Remember, your answer should be
based on a critical literature review based on selected resources linked from this week’s Teaching
Resource Pack (TRP).

Answer ONE of the following questions:

Based on your study of readings linked from the TRP for this week, answer either question 1
or question 2:
1. Critically analyse why organisations are seen as both part of the problem, and part of the
solution, in addressing biodiversity loss

OR

2. Critically analyse approaches to address the urgency of biodiversity loss as part of

responsible business activities

Use your choice of question as the heading for the work.

Use the sub-headings below to structure the report for this week and
transfer this directly into your final assessment.
1.1 Critical analysis of the issue (400 words)
Guidance: You can think about what is relevant to your organisation / community / supply chain
to help you focus your answer, but write the critical analysis in the third person, as a 400-word
critical literature review based on in depth use of selected readings from this week’s TRP. You
should show what is important to you by how you use your references rather than expressing
your own opinion directly. We are looking for depth of understanding. We recommend 5-7 TRP
resources from each week. Thinking about what can go wrong (for example when marine / water
environments are polluted or forests are destroyed), as well as the best practice you have
learned through your study can help you think through your answer. Please make sure you use
examples from case studies linked from the teaching to support your more theoretical /
academic readings.

1.2 Current Status

Guidance: How does your organisation currently respond to this issue? What do you do already?
(75 words)

1.3 Recommendations

Guidance: Use extended bullet points to outline your top three recommendations for your
organisation. Your recommendations should be based on your learning this week and include
specific points (referenced), that you could apply to your organisation. What could your
organisation do to improve its practice? Try to include positive ideas for change rather than just
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doing less harm. Ideas from within this week’s case studies are likely to be useful here. (150
words in total)