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Learning objectives assessed: CLO1: Integrate and apply contemporary Ethics & Governance issues in a business context CLO2: Critically analyse and apply ethics to contemporary business practice CLO3: Critically analyse key perspectives on corporate social responsibility and their application CLO6: Effectively communicate ethics and governance concepts and arguments in a logical manner. Assessment task details: This Assessment provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their learning around the interaction between organisational context and the process of ethical decision making. You are required to formulate an argument, undertake research to locate academic references, and support your argument with theories covered in this course. To formulate your argument, you are required to undertake research to locate academic references using online databases (e.g. EBSCO, Proquest, Emerald, Science Direct etc). You must to use at least 12 academic references to support your argument. The case study revolves around the naming of trainee lawyers who cheated in an online bar exam. Read the Case Study materials are provided in the following three links: https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/04/20/11-trainee-lawyers-are-found-to-have-cheated-on-singapore-bar-examination/?slreturn=20220502000236 (Links to an external site.) https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/lawsoc-says-it-will-object-admissions-bar-exam-cheats-found-unfit-be-lawyers-after-careful-review-1877361 (Links to an external site.) https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/judge-reverses-decision-to-redact-names-of-6-trainee-lawyers-who-cheated-in-2020-bar-exam#:~:text=The%20six%20are%3A%20Ms%20Monisha,Mr%20Lionel%20Wong%20Choong%20Yoong (Links to an external site.). In an original "spirit of second chances", it had been directed that the six not be named in the hope that they would not face prejudice in the long run. However, this decision, to not reveal names, was reversed. The career implications are not only for the six trainee. It is significant as revealing their identities of students who cheat has far reaching consequences for employment and career for any student. Regardless of whether a student is found to have breached academic conduct, or exonerated, there are negative consequences caused by the publicity and public interest. Problem Brief You are employed by a business who has experienced poor performance of fresh from university employees. The business has realised that some students are not prepared adequately for their professional work and this may be attributed to the lack of learning. Contract writing, or ghost writing is becoming common and the sharing of assignments via Whatsapp, or the sale of assignments on Carousell now has an impact on the reputation of educational qualifications. An increasing problem is when student assignments appear on Google searches revealing the prevalence of the problem where students upload their assignments to Studocu. You have been asked to write a business report to brief senior executives on how company policy should be revised based on the ethical considerations of the behaviour of employees prior to joining. A major consideration is whether employees should be given the "second chance", in professional appoints where integrity and ethics is of a major priority. In your report, you have been asked to research ethical theories and make recommendations that would guide the business around hiring students whose identifies have been made known. In making an argument, you are to address cases where the student has been found guilty and where investigations have exonerated the student. How to perform this task The following are suggestions for how you may perform this assignment. Relate to the Problem Remember, your role as future managers, is to help formulate problem statements or to help your audience identify broader problems they are unable to see. A problem may be a lack of awareness of the ethics literature and theory. Find and Generate Conduct out a literature survey on one of the ethics theories, e.g. virtue, deontology, utilitarian. Become well versed in the selected ethics theories. Synthesise Work out a process that would address the problem that was identified in the first stage. Bring together the different bodies of theory and your individual ideas. Identify recommendations that would assist the business address the ethical questions. Organise and Manage Present your solution in a report structure showing the approach taken and the solution, as you would present to a client. Embark and Clarify As you are training to be a problems solver, make sure you engage with your tutors in-class and check at every stage. In the future, in your working life, you will often need to clarify and keep your clients up to date. Do not surprise your clients with a solution they did not want. This is the same as your assignment - do not surprise your tutor with a piece of work that is under-developed. Communicate Communicate your research and solution well. Ensure that you deliver this report in time with appropriate use of reference to scholarly literature and considered use of in-text citations to support your recommendations.