BBM208/05

Business Ethics

Tutor-marked
Assignment 2
(TMA2 – 15%)

Submission Date:
24 Sept 2010
 BBM208/05 Business Ethics

Tutor-marked Assignment 2

Instructions

1. TMA 2 covers Unit 2.

2. TMA 2 contains 4 application questions

3. TMA 2 carries 15% of your final total marks

4. The assignment should be typed using Times New Roman, font size 12
and double spaced, approximately 2000 words.

5. The deadline for the submission of TMA is 24 Sept 2010. A softcopy should
be submitted via Online Assignment Submission System

The Case

 Think of a situation that raised ethical issues for you because you
1. were personally involved, or
2. witnessed the case, or
3. were personally concerned about the issue you heard about, read about,
or saw on TV (or elsewhere).
 It must NOT be an imagined case.
 The situation must present an ethical dilemma which you should describe and
analyze.

Framework of Analysis

1. the situation – State the facts; describe the situation.

(10 marks)

2. ethical dilemma/issue(s) – Discuss the values and norms that are in conflict.
(10 marks)

3. dilemma analysed with Kant’s Deontological perspective.

(40 marks)

4. dilemma analysed with Mill’s Utilitarianism perspective.

(40 marks)

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