Assignment -2
1. Reflect on the organisation you chose for Assignment 2, consider what they are doing for
environmental sustainability. Consider other ideas you have read about or experienced that
could be used to improve efforts of all organisations to protect the environment.
Way of making sense: Useful conceptual background might come from the segment of the
course which discusses environmental sustainability or ethics, or from the part on the
relationship between business and society. Readings may include Ignatius(Captain Planet),
Mackey (Conscious Capitalism), or other readings or content form this Course.
Personal experience: this may be experience you have had, learned in this Course, or read
about that has made you reflect on what should or should not happen in an organisation in
relation to environmentally sustainable practices.
2. After working through the Careers Workbook choose
a) two of the most important intrinsically rewarding values you identified and reflect on why
they are important to you?
b) two of the least intrinsically rewarding values you identified and reflect on why they are not
important to you?
Information: Spend time working through the Careers Workbook, in particular the values section.
Students will complete this task in class time-you will be given a hard copy version of the
workbook. Materials from this course you might find of value to reflect on could by articles by
Jane Goodall, Mohammed Yunus, Christensen, or other readings from the Course.
Way of making sense: Useful conceptual background might come from the segment of the
course which discusses what it means to be professional, values and ethics, work/life balance
and other areas you think relate to this task that are relevant to intrinsically rewarding and
extrinsically rewarding areas of importance to you.
Personal experience: this may be experience you have had of deciding what is important or not
to you in your life, your parents, others you know.
Way of making sense: Useful conceptual background might come from the segment of the
course which discusses ethics in both video clips, in particular Sikumi, but also bad examples
such as the Ponzi scheme and Unocal, but also good exampels such as video clips from Jane
Goodall or Mohammed Yunus, and also from readings we have done in the course. You can
also consider implications of these approaches for business and society..
Personal experience: this may be experience you have had of occasions where a business has
placed undue emphasis on profit with unfortunate consequences for the environment, or where
the concern shown by a business for the environment community has had positive
consequences, or some other personal experience.then link these examples back to
rules/results/virtue ethics, also examples that you reflect on from your own life inspired by
watching Sikumi.
3. Reread the Captain Planet article – what are your reflections on ethical behaviour
approaches that you think it recommends? How important are these to you as a student and for
your future career?
Course Information: BUSS1057 9 Trimester 201701
Reflective journal : the task
This assignment is designed to develop and assess the capacity for life-long learning, commitment to ethical
action and social responsibility, and the body of knowledge relating to business and society. The capacity to
reflect is an important element of professional life. It enhances the capacity to evaluate current knowledge
and to understand and accept personal weaknesses and strengths. The journal will encourage and assist
students to recognise that ethical decision and preference for ethical action do not necessarily lead to ethical
action.
Description of the assignment
The assignment requires the writing of three reflective parts. Each part will reflect on a specific activity within
the course. The journal should not exceed 2000 words in length.
There will be a reference list at end of assignment.
Assessment criteria
• Extent to which each answer contains reflective writing of own thoughts and drawn from course content
and the wider world.
• Depth of reflection.
• Ability to convey reflection clearly in written English.