Essay on ethical business
| Weighting | Fail-III | Fail-II | Fail-I | Pass | Credit | Distinction | High Distinction | |
| Overview of ethics and specifics to bribery and corruption. | 10 | Not addressed at all | Very poorly addressed. | Insufficiently or poorly addressed. | Effectively demonstrates an understanding and appreciation. | Convincingly demonstrates an understanding and appreciation. | Very convincingly demonstrates an understanding appreciation. | Superior understanding and appreciation of the company’s problem/ issue is demonstrated. |
| Relativism and Culture Provides clear definition of the concept of relativism and its counter view absolutism. Application of each of the practice to bribery and corruption. Discussion of culture | 20 | Subjective discussion with no actual demonstration of understanding of relativism or absolutism. No literature used in the application of the concepts of bribery and corruption. No discussion of culture or values and relationship to practice. | Poor discussion with no demonstration of relativism or absolutism and their implications. No literature used in the analysis of bribery and corruption. Little if any discussion concerning using relativism as a defence by business to engage in the practice. Little discussion of culture or values and relationship to practice. | Poor discussion with some application of relativism or absolutism to bribery can corruption but lack of depth and little if any literature used in the analysis of bribery and corruption. Limited discussion of culture or values and relationship to practice. | General discussion of relativism and absolutism with some application to bribery and corruption. Limited use of theory in the discussion. Some attempt to discuss the legitimacy of the relative perspective as a defence for the practice. Limited discussion of values and relationship to culture. | Good discussion with clear explanation of both concepts. Clear application to bribery and corruption and some attempt to generalise about challenges for business of using such defences. Identification of culture and relationship to values and beliefs. | Excellent discussion with clear explanation of both concepts. Direct application to bribery and corruption and the contradictions of this as a business defence. Clear and concise discussion of culture, its components and how it informs practice and use of clear national examples to illustrate contradictions. | Superior discussion of both concepts and direct application to bribery and corruption and its use or rebuttal as a business practice. Concise discussion of culture and how it informs behaviour- Direct link to bribery and use of clear national examples to illustrate contradictions regarding values and beliefs. |
| Ethical Theories: Ability to accurately outline each ethical theory and apply each correctly to issues of bribery and corruption. | 30 | Incorrect descriptions of all three theories and no direct application of each to the concepts. | Incorrect descriptions of 2 of the three theories and incorrect application of each to the concepts of bribery and corruption. | Incorrect description of at least one of the theories, poor balance amongst the three – poor and incorrect application of at least 1 theory to bribery and corruption. | Limited but correct description of each ethical theory General or superficial application to bribery and corruption. Few if any exemplars. | Good overview of each ethical theory and generally acceptable analysis of bribery and corruption using each. Some use of more that one perspective in deontology and some examples used to illustrate. | Clear, concise and balanced application of the three major theories correctly identifying how these can be used to justify or refute bribery and corruption. Good use of exemplars. | Superior detailed discussion identifying the three perspectives including the two conditional aspects. Use of exemplars as part of the analysis with correct conclusions concerning justification or rebuttal of the practice. |
| Legislative comparison | 10 | No reference to any national, international anti-corruption legislation or international conventions. | Vague references to national, international anti-corruption legislation or international conventions. | General discussion of Australian and international legislation but without specific references to any of the details, definitions or consequences. | Correct identification of Australian legislation but only general references to content an application. Generalisations about 1 other country or jurisdiction | Correct reference etc the Australian legislation its requirements and application. Identification of 1 other country’s legislation and application. | Correct identification of Australian legislation, requirements , application and comparison to 2 other countries including exemplars of application. | Correct identification of Australian and 3 or more International anti-corruption legislation with specific exemplars. |
| Sources Use of credible (ethical) sources, ( including the required and recommended texts) minimum 12 and maximum 30, used APA referencing and citation method correctly | 20 | Few or no references and either lack of, or incorrect referencing and citation. | Only a few references and little evidence of wider reading. Mistakes in referencing and citation. | Less than 12 credible sources and/or poorly uses APA method. | 12-16 credible sources, satisfactorily uses APA method. | Between 17-21 credible sources, precisely uses APA method. | Between 22-26 credible sources, precisely uses APA method. | More than 27 credible sources, precisely uses APA method. |
| Presentation | 10 | Very poorly presented and written. | Poorly presented and written. | Presentation lacks clear structure and/or layout and English expression is poor. | Effectively communicates ideas and arguments, and proposal is clearly written and presented. | Convincingly communicates ideas and arguments, and proposal is very clearly written and presented. | Very convincingly communicates ideas and demonstrates has read well beyond core texts/understands key concepts introduced in class and has an ability to use theory intelligently. | Superior communication of ideas and demonstrates has read extensively/ understands key concepts introduced in class and how theoretical assumptions could be challenged. |
| The essay or report is clearly written, logic is sound, ideas are well-structured and communicated effectively, including being written in grammatically correct English. | ||||||||
| Individual perspective of bribery and corruption. | 10 | No perspective offered or perspective offered which is at odds with the literature | Limited or vague generalisations inconsistent with the literature | Generalisations about the ethical nature of bribery with no appeal to literature | Generalisations about the ethical nature of bribery with but with limited appeal to literature | Clear statement of perspective use of literature to support- and consistency of perspective. | Clear indication of views and how it its linked to literature | Clear indication of views, use of literature to support and inference drawn regarding future practice or perhaps change of views. |
