• Assessment 1 – Reflective Essay: Ethical Decision Making

• Reflective Essay and Ethical Decision Making. 50%



The key aspect of reflection is a critical evaluation of the self. Students will undertake a number of in-session cases between weeks 1-4 and must use two (2) of the nominated cases as the basis for self-analysis that have been completed in class. 

The unit coordinator and or facilitator nominates which ones are to be used as part of the assessment. Students are not permitted to self-select cases. 

Students will also complete at least 2 ethical diagnostic tools in class and must attach the results sheet as an appendix.

The task is to analyse the decision made for the two cases nominated by the Unit Coordinator or Facilitator at the time they were completed. Students are not to re-analyse the cases and come up with new decisions. Students are expected to look at the decision they made at the time, and use ethical theory, classify the approach they took, or the justifications used. 

Students are to reflect on their decisions by examining their assumptions about ethics, the purpose of business etc.  Students must specifically refer to the results from a minimum of two diagnostic tools as a means of gaining further insight into their own ethical behaviours and preferences. Students need to contrast these results against the decisions made in the cases and their own assumptions and values. Students are to provide a conclusion that considers whether or not they would change their decision based on the ethical and moral theories discussed in class.

A detailed rubric and audio file are available in the Assessment Folder below that provide further details for this assessment task.

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Assessment Due Date
Week 6 6:00 pm AEST
Assignments are to be submitted via the Moodle site. A 5% penalty is applied for assignments submitted each day past the due date.
Return Date to Students
Week 8 F
Assessment Criteria:

Students are required to:

• Examine the decisions made from the two cases nominated by the unit coordinator or class facilitator, completed in class (signed and/or verified by the lecturer)

• Utilise and reflect on the results of a minimum of 2 diagnostic tools (results page must be attached as appendices)

• Discuss the decisions and analyse the decisions made at the time of completing the case, using the diagnostic results and ethical theories and concepts to reflect on personal ethical decision making

• Utilise key ethical, moral, values and relativist concepts and terms to describe and analyse their own positions or beliefs

• Provide a reflection of why they made the original decision and whether they would adopt a different approach given the concepts studied in the unit.

• Provide comprehensive analysis and reflection of between 1500-2000 words

• Use between 12-16 quality references that must include key readings and recommended texts (Ferrell et al. 2018 and McDonald, 2015 and Carrol, Buchholz and Brown, 2018), using APA referencing and including a reference list.

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These are the minimum requirements. Students should note that satisfactorily meeting the minimum requirements will typically result in the minimum pass grade being awarded

Assessment 1: Additional diagnostic tools

https://testyourself.psychtests.com/

https://openpsychometrics.org/

http://www.moralsensetest.com/

https://www.whatsnext.com/self-assessment-tests/

http://www.yourmorals.org/