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Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 ASSESSMENT 4 COURSE: Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Accounting Unit: Corporate Responsibility and Ethics Unit Code: CRSE108 Type of Assessment: Assessment 4 – Individual Business Report Length/Duration: 2000 words Course Learning Outcomes addressed: 2, 3, 6, 7 Unit Learning Outcomes addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4 Submission Date: Exam Week Assessment Task: Business reports are practical learning tasks where students apply the theories they have been studying to real world situations. Students are required to collect information (primary and/or secondary) and prepare a report applying their research to make recommendations that address the business scenario. This report should consist of the following parts: Executive Summary, Introduction, Objectives, Methodologies, Information Analysis, Findings, Recommendations, References, and Appendices. Total Mark: 100 marks Weighting: 40% Students are advised that any submissions past the due date without an approved extension or without approved extenuating circumstances incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day, calculated from the total mark E.g. a task marked out of 40 will incur a 2 mark penalty per calendar day. More information, please refer to (Documents > Student Policies and Forms > POLICY – Assessment Policy & Procedures – Login Required) https://kent.rtomanager.com.au/Staff/StaffControls/StaffPages/Staff_DocView.aspx Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: This is the major assessment of this unit and each individual student is required to prepare and submit a comprehensive business report addressing a chosen company’s status on corporate social responsibility and governance. Choose an ASX Top-100 company and report on the company’s CSR activities and Governance structure, applying analytical frameworks from the Corporate Responsibility & Ethics Course, including Carroll’s Pyramid and Wartick and Cochrane’s Typology. Your analysis should critically analyse the company’s response to key stakeholder expectations and highlight any gaps between espoused and realised performance on CSR. Students are strongly advised to discuss their chosen company with the lecturer and start working on the report early in the trimester. Getting and following advice from the lecturer in a consistent manner is necessary in order to do well in this assignment. This assignment will emphasise Corporate Social Responsibility issues and possible resolution. Each part of the report must be based on appropriate desk research and synthesis with the theory of the course. It is expected that students will demonstrate the following skills: i) Evidence of substantial desk research with appropriate references, ii) Representation of theoretical frameworks, iii) Synthesis between desk research and theoretical frameworks, iv) Assessment of management behaviour and its implications. ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION: The report and supporting materials (if any) must be submitted online in Moodle. All materials MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Office format. Other formats may not be readable by markers. Please be aware that any assessments submitted in other formats will be considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented in Microsoft Office format. No paper based or hardcopy submission will be accepted. Our Academic Learning Support (ALS) team would be happy to help you with understanding the task and all other assessment-related matters. For assistance please speak to our Academic Learning Skills Coordinators, Barbara Karena in Sydney (
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[email protected] http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5 Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 MARKING GUIDE (RUBRIC): Marking Criteria. Lecturer Expectation Marks Comments Evidences of desk research Thorough research is indicated. Professional use of sources to support ideas, well-integrated, sources are credible. Very minor, if any, weaknesses with paraphrasing or integration / application. 20 Representation of theoretical frameworks. Topic, concepts are clearly Outlined. 30 Synthesis between desk research and theories. Professional work. Synthesis is very coherent and flows well; topic is addressed thoroughly; analyses in great depth. Very minor, if any, inconsistencies and weaknesses with flow. 40 Managerial contributions and implications Contribution and implications are coherently presented with pragmatic examples and time frame. The feasibility and appropriateness of the recommendations are clearly discussed. 10 Total Marks 100 Weighting 40% GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSIGNMENTS Assignments should usually incorporate a formal introduction, main points and conclusion, and will be fully referenced including a reference list. The work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We strongly recommend you to refer to the Academic Learning Skills materials available in the Moodle. For details please click the link http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5 and download the file “Harvard Referencing Workbook”. Appropriate academic writing and referencing are inevitable academic skills that you must develop and demonstrate. We recommend a minimum of FIVE references, unless instructed differently by your lecturer. Unless specifically instructed otherwise by your lecturer, any paper with less than FIVE references may be failed. Work that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the “Harvard Referencing Workbook” will be penalised. http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5 Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count – as a general rule you may go over or under by 10% than the stated length. Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING High quality work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We recommend you work with your Academic Learning Support (ALS) site (http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5) available in Moodle to ensure that you reference correctly. References are assessed for their quality. You should draw on quality academic sources, such as books, chapters from edited books, journals etc. Your textbook can be used as a reference, but not the lecturer notes. We want to see evidence that you are capable of conducting your own research. Also, in order to help markers determine students’ understanding of the work they cite, all in-text references (not just direct quotes) must include the specific page number/s if shown in the original. Before preparing your assignment or own contribution, please review this ‘YouTube’ video by clicking on the following link: Plagiarism: How to avoid it PLAGIARISM: HOW TO AVOID IT You can search for peer-reviewed journal articles, which you can find in the online journal databases and which can be accessed from the library homepage. Wikipedia, online dictionaries and online encyclopaedias are acceptable as a starting point to gain knowledge about a topic, but should not be overused – these should constitute no more than 10% of your total list of references/sources. Additional information and literature can be used where these are produced by legitimate sources, such as government departments, research institutes such as the NHMRC, or international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO). Legitimate organisations and government departments produce peer reviewed reports and articles and are therefore very useful and mostly very current. The content of the following link explains why it is not acceptable to use non- peer reviewed websites: Why can't I just Google? (thanks to La Trobe University for this video). http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqjJyqfceLw Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Assessment Brief Version 1: 22nd December, 2016 GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSIGNMENTS Assignments should usually incorporate a formal introduction, main points and conclusion, and will be fully referenced including a reference list. The work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We strongly recommend you to refer to the Academic Learning Skills materials available in the Moodle. For details please click the link http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5 and download the file “Harvard Referencing Workbook”. Appropriate academic writing and referencing are inevitable academic skills that you must develop and demonstrate. We recommend a minimum of FIVE references, unless instructed differently by your lecturer. Unless specifically instructed otherwise by your lecturer, any paper with less than FIVE references may be failed. Work that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the “Harvard Referencing Workbook” will be penalised. Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count – as a general rule you may go over or under by 10% than the stated length. GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING High quality work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We recommend you work with your Academic Learning Support (ALS) site (http://moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/course/view.php?id=5) available in Moodle to ensure that you reference correctly. References are assessed for their quality. You should draw on quality academic sources, such as books, chapters from edited books,