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Systematic literature review (20%) Due Thursday 30 March @ 11am 1000 words Individual submission Your next task towards the completion of the consultancy project is to determine what has already been written about your topic. In this phase of the project, you are required to complete a systematic literature review for submission and assessment. This work is to be submitted individually. A systematic literature review is a specific style of literature review, different from both a narrative review and a meta-analysis. The systematic review process, as the name suggests, is methodical in nature, with the reviewer following a prescribed set of steps in order to search the literature and identify relevant material for review. These steps are made explicit in the write up of the review. Due to limitations in terms of time and scope, for this assessment, the systematic review process is simplified. The steps that you need to complete are outlined below. Learning activities designed to address the purpose and importance of the literature review should be revisited when completing this section of the project. See LMS for more details. Conducting a systematic review of the literature: 1) Develop list of key words to use in your search which aligns with your topic based on a cursory search on Google Scholar. 2) Using the inclusion/exclusion criteria below, choose the 10 most useful articles from your search. a) Limit your search to the databases Proquest and/or Informit. These databases have been chosen as they cover a range of disciplines, with Proquest including a wide range of international sources and Informit representing a comprehensive Australian database. b) Limit your search to articles published between August 2015 and August 2016. If you cannot find appropriate literature within this timeframe, expand your search backwards by one year at a time. c) Articles must be empirical, peer-reviewed and written in English. 3) Take notes and prepare a summary table of the 10 articles. For each article, this table should include: the reference, aim, method, sample, results, findings and limitations. What to submit: 1) At least a paragraph describing the search process used to conduct your systematic review. Your search process should be clear and replicable. 2) A critical review of the key findings and arguments of the articles you have chosen. 3) Include a reference list with full bibliographic detail of the 10 articles you have chosen for your review. This is not included in your word count. 4) Include your summary table as an appendix. This is not included in your word count. You will use this assignment to help you write a succinct literature review section in your final report. Literature review Topic Carefully read the consultancy brief below. The Ethical Shopper: Myth or Reality? Jennifer Goodwill works for large department store, ShopHere, as their procurement officer. Founded in 1984, ShopHere has grown from a single market stall to a national, multi-channel retailer. ShopHere sells high-quality products across 95 stores in Australia and through an e-commerce platform. ShopHere source much of the cotton for their clothes from ethically-traded and organically-produced crops. They have many other products that are sourced sustainably and that respect the environments from which they are gathered. ShopHere made a deliberate decision to source such products to meet the needs of the more ‘ethical consumer’. Lately however, profit margins have slipped and Jennifer has begun to speculate if there really is such a customer as the ‘ethical consumer’. Jennifer would like to find out if what people say they buy based on ‘ethical grounds’ is actually what they buy when they get to the check-out. She has employed you to undertake some research which helps her better understand the ‘ethical consumer’ and their decision-making. She will need you to present a good deal of primary and secondary research and strong evidence to back up your claims, as the results from your research may impact the direction of ShopHere in the future. Refrences Chicago style referencing required 8