Assignment:
Assessment- Scenario Structure
You will be allocated to a group of three students who will prepare a short, written scenario (around 500 words) that describes one ethical or sustainability issue facing an organisation of your choice. You will then use the scenario as
the basis for completing your Assessment 3 report.
Structure of scenario
1. Short description of organisation (100 words)
2. Description of the ethical issue (300 words)
3. List of key stakeholders
4. Statement of the ethical issue, in one sentence, in the form of a question (i.e. what is the decision the organisation must take)
Examples of questions
- How should a mobile phone company deal with the issue of waste caused by discarded phones?
- How can mining organisations leave behind toxic waste and soil degradation?
- How should a coffee shop manage the issue of waste from used coffee cups?
- How can a business ethically manage staff downsizing?
- How can a food producer address the issue of their food not being healthy?
Context
This assessment allows students to develop writing skills in ethics and sustainability scenarios and to explore the ways in which stakeholder theory and values management can be used by organisations, as tools in addressing economic, commercial, social and environmental problems.
Instructions
Group task
You will be allocated to a group of three students who, in module 5.2 (week 10) and module 6.1 (week 11) will prepare a short written scenario that describes one ethical or sustainability issue facing an organisation of your choice. A framework for writing the scenario will be provided in class, and available later as an online resource in Blackboard.
Individual task
You will then use the group scenario to prepare an individual report.
The scenario report will take the form of a business case, made to the senior management of the organisation, recommending how the issue should be dealt with. The report will employ either stakeholder theory or values management as an analytical tool.
Structure
1. Executive summary (100 words)
2. Introduction (100 words)
3. Summary of scenario (200 words)
4. Description of theory used for analysis (stakeholder theory OR values management) (400 words)
5. Analysis (750 words)
6. Identification of 3 alternative solutions (250 words)
7. Recommendations (100 words)
8. Conclusion (100 words)
9. Reference list (excluded from word count)
This assessment task should include appropriate academic referencing and a reference list following APA 6th edition style of referencing. Please see the Academic Skills page on Blackboard for information on referencing in APA 6th.