BES6003 Ethical Supply Chain Management WRIT1 Assessment Brief Sem2 2026 | CMU

Assessment title

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Weighting

Individual written assessment.

WRIT1

70%

Pass marks are 40% for undergraduate work and 50% for postgraduate work unless stated otherwise.

NO USE OF GENERATIVE AI EXPECTED

· Your assignment should be produced using information sourced by you from your learning materials and academic sources and cited appropriately.

· AI tools for checking spelling, grammar and referencing may be used.

AI ACKNOWLEDGED

· You can use AI tools to learn about your topic, as part of your study, or in preparing initial guidance on assignments (e.g. headline structure, suggestions for inclusion of topics).

· Any materials that you have sourced from AI should be rewritten or reconfigured and integrated into your own work and referenced appropriately. It is recommended that this is confirmed by a relevant academic source.

· Any support gained from AI should be acknowledged in a statement at the end of the assignment, making clear what the support was, and how you used it and developed it for your own work. Example statements are available in the Student Code of Conduct.

AI EMBEDDED

· Use of AI is an integral and expected part of the assessment.

· The explicit inclusion of AI within the assessment means that instructions on the expected use will be part of the assessment brief.

· Your assessment brief will describe how you should acknowledge the way in which you used AI tools.

Submission Deadline:

30^th April 2026

Estimated Feedback Return Date

This will normally be 20 working days after initial submission.

Submission Time:

By 4.00pm on the deadline day.

Moodle/Turnitin:

Any assessments submitted after the deadline will not be marked and will be recorded as a non-attempt unless you have had an extension request agreed or have approved mitigating circumstances. See the School Moodle pages for more information on extensions and mitigating circumstances.

File Format:

The assessment must be submitted as a pdf document (save the document as a pdf in your software) and submit through the Turnitin submission point in Moodle.

Your assessment should be titled with your:

student ID number, module code and assessment ID,

e.g. st12345678 BHL5007 WRIT1

Late Submission Window Eligibility

Where submissions are eligible for the late-submission window this will be communicated in the relevant assessment submission point within Moodle.

Feedback

Feedback for the assessment will be provided electronically via Moodle. Feedback will be provided with comments on your strengths and the areas which you can improve. View the guidance on how to access your feedback.

All marks are provisional and are subject to quality assurance processes and confirmation at the programme Examination Board.

Marking Scheme

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Unsatisfactory Little or no evidence of understanding of the topic. Little evidence of synthesis or reflection. Information largely irrelevant and not contextualised to the given scenario. Structure/ calculations/ graphs /

style / grammar wrong and or poor.

40-49

Bare Pass Some relevant material provided, and a partially successful attempt is made to contextualise the information. Little attempt to relate this to the assignment brief and shows limited understanding of the subject material. Little or no reference to literature.

Expression/calculations/graphs/style/grammar/ balance weak.

50-59

Pass Shows a satisfactory knowledge and understanding of the essentials of the subject to create a clear, well-structured account. Lacks breadth and/or depth. Demonstrates an ability to solve limited, defined, problems. Sources of information other than lecture notes and set texts

have been used. Calculations correct

60-69

Good Pass Shows a good knowledge and understanding of the subject with no major gaps or omissions. Displays ability to analyse, interpret and organise information to produce coherent accounts or solve

problems. Evidence of wider reading beyond lecture notes and standard texts is provided.

70>

Excellent / Outstanding Work displaying a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the subject together with the ability to evaluate critically selected aspects of current knowledge and to suggest original solutions to problems which can be complex. Evidence of wider reading

which includes research papers and reviews is shown.

Level 6

80%-100% (1st Class +)

70%-79% (1st)

60%-69% (2:1)

50%-59% (2:2)

40%-49% (3rd)

30-39% (Narrow Fail)

1-29% (Clear Fail)

awareness of uncertainty, assumptions and the limits of their knowledge on findings

limits of their knowledge

knowledge

Research / scholarship

Substantial range of reference citations, beyond expectations

Detailed, thorough knowledge and systematic understanding of current research/advanced scholarship

The use of scholarly reviews/primary sources is confident

Referencing accurate and reading/investigation beyond sources provided

Ability to determine, refine, adapt and use research knowledge and skills

Thorough knowledge and understanding of current research/scholarship Referencing almost always accurate and reading/investigation beyond sources provided

Ability to determine, refine, adapt and use research knowledge and skills

Sound knowledge and understanding of current research/scholarship Individual reading and investigation Occasional errors in referencing

Can apply research knowledge and skills with tutor support

Some knowledge and understanding of current research/scholarship Over-reliance on programme materials Errors in referencing Application of research knowledge/skills is less secure

Limited or sporadic knowledge of research/scholarship Over-reliance on programme materials, little reading Frequent errors in the referencing

Application of research knowledge/skills is largely unsuccessful.

Little knowledge and understanding research/scholarship. Failure to apply this knowledge

Reading and investigation negligible Frequent errors in the referencing

Failure to apply research knowledge/skills

Structured argument and critical evaluation

May challenge the boundaries of knowledge Innovative and/or creative thinking

New insights informed through critical evaluation

Critical evaluation and informed judgements Recognition of the complexities of academic debate Arguments are well developed, sustained and substantiated Appropriate and sometimes innovative solutions are offered to problems

Strong evidence of effective reflection on student’s practice and consideration for future development

Critical evaluation and reflection

Arguments are clearly considered and substantiated Appropriate judgements and solutions offered to problems

Ability to reflect on student’s practice and plan future development

Ability to critically evaluate and reflect Arguments substantiated Descriptive and factual presentation favoured Some ability to reflect. Implications for future development may be underestimated

Limited ability to critically evaluate and reflect

Arguments substantiated but under-developed

Descriptive and factual presentation favoured Limited and superficial reflection with little consideration for future development

Little evidence of critical evaluation and reflection

Arguments rarely substantiated Largely descriptive Self-evaluation and reflections are extremely limited

Some ability to describe and report but very little evidence is available to indicate an ability to engage in critical evaluation and reflection

Self-evaluation and reflections on the students’ own practice are negligible or absent Very poor communication (1-19%) No evidence of analysis, synthesis, critical evaluation and

reflection (1-19%)