AC4057-Business Law and Ethics Group Assignment Brief - LMU

AC4057 Section A: Learning outcomes of the assessments

The assignment addresses the following learning outcome/s of the module:

LO3: Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethics to society, business and the professional accountant and related professions

LO4: Recognise that business and finance should be conducted in a manner which complies in the spirit of accepted professional ethics and values

AC4057 Section B: Introduction

Oral Exam – this assessment will be in the form of individually assessed group presentations

This assessment requires the students to work in groups to analyse the Business ethics issues affecting one of the organisations assigned.

It is mandatory for students to submit a group declaration form.

This assessment encourages students to develop and practice the following skills: Researching and analysing facts, application of knowledge and presenting facts, communicating/presenting – orally and in writing, including problem-solving and decision making, interpersonal, including collaborating/working with others, cross-cultural awareness, and having a positive attitude.

AC4057 Section C: Assessment Strategy

You are expected to work in a group of 4-5 students to develop a presentation of a given topic. The group will be formed on week 8 by the lecturer or tutor.

Task Details

• This presentation will consist of a 20-minute presentation and followed by Q&A, an opportunity to “showcase” your Ethics in Business concept. The assessment also enables students to acquire the skills of working with others from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.
• You are required to watch the documentary videos on WorldCom “When the greed goes too far” to understand the context. Based on the documentary, the case provided, and your research work, each group need to develop the presentation of the one of the topics given below.

Topics for the group presentation

• Role of Bernard J. Ebbers on the WORLDCOM collapse.
• Role of Scott D. Sullivan on the WORLDCOM collapse.
• Role of Cynthia Cooper on the WORLDCOM collapse
• Role of Arthur Anderson on the WORLDCOM collapse

Requirements

• Your group can use PowerPoint with audio and video, supporting graphics, pictures or other relevant material of your own creation.
• Remember the panel has only limited time and many other presentations to consider; it is your task to “showcase” your case as clearly as possible in the limited time available. Do keep a note of all source references used.
• Each presentation should consist of exactly 20 slides and last 20 minutes.

AC4057 Section D: Assessment submission

Each group are required to submit the following files as a part of the official submission to RTE on the announced date during EXAM WEEK.

1. A copy the presentation slide
2. Group Contribution Log

3. 1-page presentation synopsis

In all documents, the university id of all the members must be mentioned on the cover-page. The filename convention must be as below:

• GroupA-John-Sally-Patt-Barry.pptx
• GroupA-Group Contribution Log.pdf
• GroupA-synopsis.pdf

Presentation will take place after the date of the submission to RTE. The time and date of the group presentation will be provided by the lecturer in the VLE a week before the date of the presentation.

AC4057 Section E: Marking Criteria: How you will be evaluated?

Even though this is a group presentation, you will be evaluated INDIVIDUALLY in most of the components. Following are the different criteria used to evaluate this assessment.

Group Criteria – 40%

1. Overall Content delivered
2. Structure
3. Critical analysis
4. Time limit
5. Referencing (Harvard Referencing, In-text citation and bibliography)
6. Quality of the visual aid used

Individual Criteria – 60%

1. Content delivered – individually
2. Reflection of In-classroom learning and learning materials during the presentation 3. Ability to answer during the Q&A session.
3. Quality of the presentation
4. Contribution in the group work
5. Time limit

AC4057 Section F: Recommended Table of contents

• Cover page
• Agenda
• Problem Identification
• Facts Collected
• Findings and Recommendations
• Bibliography

AC4057 Section G: Recommended Reading for references

• Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases — Books a la Carte, 8/E Manuel G. Velasquez, Santa Clara University
• Case- WorldCom’s Bankruptcy Crisis, Center for Ethical Organizational Cultures Auburn University http://harbert.auburn.edu
• Video Documentary: When the greed gets too far

AC4057 Section H: Assessment Grade Description