SOC10236 Applied Ethics and Sustainability Assessment details Assignment due dates and the examination period provided here apply to the Australian study period. These may be varied for students studying elsewhere, please confirm dates with your local tutor. Marking criteria The following marking criteria are used to assess Assignments 1, 2 and 3 in this unit. Grade/ Criteria Fail Pass Credit Distinction High distinction Depth of research. Heavy reliance on unit text & study guide; & low quality websites. Journal articles selected – insufficient, poor quality or irrelevant. Inadequate range or irrelevant academic references. Heavy reliance on unit text & study guide. Reasonable range of quality and relevant academic references selected. Good range of quality and relevant books & journal articles selected. Reliable websites used where necessary. Extensive range of relevant, high quality journal articles & books selected. Only high quality & reputable websites used. Application of theory. Fail to use relevant theories in performing assessment task. Identify & apply minimal theory to assessment task. Select some relevant theories & demonstrate understanding of its application to the assessment task. Successfully apply relevant theories to assessment task. Identify most relevant theories & successfully apply to assessment task. Analysis & interpretation of information. No constructive analysis of information. Discussion is disjointed. Inappropriate subheadings. Demonstrate comprehension of information collected applying basic analysis which lacks depth. Good analysis and interpretation of information with logical conclusions drawn. Logical structure using relevant subheadings providing a coherent response to the assessment task. Logical structure linking rational & coherent argument, demonstrating depth of knowledge. Synthesis, problem solving & creativity. Unable to connect information to solve the problem. Elementary connection of relevant theory & practice. No genuine solution provided. Information drawn together to produce obvious conclusions with cursory link to assessment problem. Logical solution created from synthesis of information presented. Relevant information drawn together to provide insightful solution to assessment problem. Clarity of expression & grammar; accurate referencing. Extensive spelling and/or grammatical errors. Quoted material presented incorrectly. Incorrect & inaccurate referencing. Disjointed & fragmented flow of expression. Expression flows well, but is disjointed in some places. Some spelling and/or grammatical errors. Referencing not entirely correct. Few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Paraphrasing correctly portrays ideas in own words. Expression flows well. Clear flow of expression with accurate referencing and few grammatical or spelling errors. Excellent expression using appropriate academic language. Precise referencing. Very few grammatical or spelling errors. Note regarding references: Wikipedia (or equivalent) is not an acceptable reference for any assessments in this unit. Use the Harvard referencing system (or a suitable alternative) for all assignments in this unit. Feedback of my last MAN17048818 SOC10236 ETHICS & SUSTAINABILITY ASSIGNMENT 2 MARK SCHEME Rajeev Sharma Subsection Possible Marks Actual Mark Comments a. Define ethical issue. Explain why important 3 2 Good discussion of the ethical issue but this is a double barrelled question.! b. Identify facts & assumptions 6 2 These are not facts as much as they are assertions. You are not saying what has happened but what the company should do. Good assumptions you need to make to fill the gaps in this topics c. Act utilitarian analysis 8 1 you were to give a range of negative and positive consequences based on a utilitarian reading of your question; then give an example of the net rise and loss of the utility. While you have the grasp of the concept you have not fulfilled this task. this is not a balance assessment nor have you give the net gain/loss d. Kantian* analysis 8 o You have not grasped the concept here you looked to the greater good this is Utilitarianism not Deontology e. Provide conclusion. 5 1 You seem to have missed the point of the exercise. This is not about proving something is correct it is about comparing the result by the application of two different theories in this conclusion. TOTAL 30 6 You need to readdress Deontology NEW REPLACEMENT TASK This is an offer for a replacement assessment in the unit SOC10236 Applied ethics and sustainability due to your overall mark being less than 50%. The mark for this assignment will replace the lower of your assignment 2 or assignment 3 marks to determine your final grade. SOC10236 Replacement Assignment  Due:  1st July 2017 11.00 PM Length: 1500 words maximum You must follow these submission instructions precisely. 1. Do NOT attach an SCU assignment cover sheet. 2. All text that you copy (or quote) from other sources must be formatted like this –   “…quoted text here” (author, year, page number).  NOTE – you must use double quotation marks and provide an in-text reference in the prescribed format (ie author, year, page number). 3. Do NOT rewrite the questions in your assignment. Answer each question under a sub heading consisting of only the question letter a, b c etc. No other introductions or summaries are required. 4. Correctly reference your assignment with appropriate in-text references and provide a list of references at the end of your assignment.  5.   An assignment which has a Turnitin Originality Report which shows a text match of more than 10% will not be accepted.  6. A required objective of this unit is that you learn how to use Turnitin to improve your referencing and academic writing to the required academic standard. Your assignment will not be accepted unless you have reduced the text match to 10% or less by the due date. Note that the first Turnitin Originality Report is generated in 5 minutes, however subsequent reports take 24 hours to produce. 7. It is your responsibility to review the Turnitin Originality Report and remove text matches so that your assignment conforms to the required academic writing standard by the due date. You remove text matches by strictly following the instructions above; and where required, paraphrasing and/or restating text matches in your own original words.  8. Do NOT recycle an assignment used previously in this or any other unit.     You are required to select one of the three general topics listed below and clearly define one focused and specific ethical question (ie as you did in assignments 1 and 2 in this unit).  The three general topics are stated following. 1. The responsibility of individual consumers with regards their consumption behaviour given the reality of anthropogenic climate change. 2. The global production of food: security, quality and equity. 3. The obligation of economically developed nations to alleviate extreme poverty in foreign countries. Required tasks:   a. Clearly define one ethical problem drawn from one of the three general topics provided above and provide a brief explanation as to why your chosen ethical problem is important. (10 marks) b. Identify academic, peer-reviewed, researched and referenced facts and key assumptions which are relevant to your analysis of the ethical problem. Fully reference each fact. (30 marks) c. Analyse the ethical problem using act utilitarianism, identifying all relevant consequences. Compare negative versus positive consequences and assess whether net utility will rise or fall as a result of the ethical act being examined. Provide a clear ethical discussion and conclusion. (30 marks) d. Discuss the relevance of the general topic (ie one of the three general topics identified above) which you chose (do not focus on your specific ethical problem) to the objective of sustainability, clearly identifying relevant environmental, social, cultural and economic dimensions. (30 marks)