IBUS3104 Reflection 2 2022S1 DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Reflection 2 task description Task Reflections are critical statements that integrate students’ reflections on the course (classes, readings, interactions with other students and associated experiences). Unlike the first reflection, Reflection 2 asks you to reflect on the ideas expressed in a short text and link them to what you have learned in this course. You may illustrate your reflections with relevant examples from the field of International Business Ethics. Drawing upon your learning from Weeks 1-10 of this Unit of Study, write a critical reflection on the views expressed in the text in the box below. An influential international business ethics scholar has argued the following points: 1. Multinational corporations ought not to deprive workers in host countries of their rights and should even assist in protecting some rights—minimal education and subsistence—but they have no duty to provide direct aid to those whose rights have been abridged. The reason is that such direct aid ‘would be unfair to the profit-making corporation which is designed to achieve an economic mission and as a moral actor possesses an exceedingly narrow personality’. 2. In this view the economic mission of the MNC makes it a poor substitute for a government in dispensing welfare. It is neither a real (moral) person nor a democratic institution and has no mandate to render more than minimal assistance except in unusual circumstances (for example, in the event of an earthquake). It is not within the moral capacity of a corporation to rectify deficiencies in human rights, such as minimal education and subsistence, even if it is notionally within its resource capacity. 3. Quite simply, the languages of personal morality, of virtue and vice, of personal perfection and the maximisation of human welfare are inappropriate to considerations of corporate responsibility. The business corporation is a very restricted, artificial person, and only restricted moral responses may be expected of it. These are not responses that presuppose a human psychology, but those that relate to legal and contractual duties and rights, responsibilities, and benefits. IBUS3104 Reflection 2 2022S1 DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Structure, word limit, and referencing Just like all academic writing, the reflective essay you are asked to write needs a key message that is used to structure the narrative. Since you are asked to reflect on a provided text, make sure that your reflection addresses all the relevant points made in the text. As a writer, you need to make sure that your writing is effective and that your marker understands the significance of your reflection. You are required to follow the following structure: 1. Introduction 2. Body 3. Conclusion A good way, but not the only way, would be to put your key message in the introduction, use topic sentences to hig
hlight the main point for each paragraph, and conclude with the implications of your key message. This assignment is worth 20% of your final grade, has a recommended word limit of 1,500 -1,800 words, and should not exceed 1,800 words. If you include intext references your paper must contain a reference list, which will then also be included in the word count. If you use references, you must do so in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide 7th edition. Details are available on the Library website. The paper must adhere to the University’s Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015, and other relevant University policies. Submitting your paper Reflection 2 is due no later than 11:59 pm on Monday, 16 May 2022 and must be submitted in .doc or .docx format. Your filename must take the format SID_IBUS3104_2022S1_RF2.docx, where SID is your SID, e.g. a student with the SID 012345678 would have the filename: 012345678_IBUS3104_2022S1_RF2.docx The University has authorised and mandated the use of text-based similarity detecting software for all text-based written assignments. The task must therefore be submitted through Turnitin on Canvas. You may resubmit the essay until the due date/time, after which no further resubmissions will be accepted. You are responsible for ensuring the correct document (not a draft) is submitted. The document submitted at the deadline is the document that will be marked, and no discussion will be entered into to the contrary nor any special pleading entertained. Grading Reflection 2 will be graded against the following criteria: Quality and depth of critical reflection (70%) Presentation and communication (20%) Conforming with instructions (10%) IBUS3104 Reflection 2 2022S1 DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Late penalties Assessments which are submitted after the assessment deadline will incur a late penalty of 5% per day or part thereof up to 10 calendar days, after which a mark of zero is applied. The closing date is 10 calendar days after the due date. Since submission is electronic, for the purpose of calculating penalties, weekends, public holidays, and ordinary working days ALL count as days. Word limit penalties A penalty is applied to papers which exceed the word limit. Where a student exceeds the word limit, the student will lose 10% of the total marks when the submission is 10% above the word limit and 10% for each 10% over-limit thereafter. Note that the word limit includes, where relevant, in-text referencing and the reference list at the end of the document. Any text in tables, images, etc. is also included. Since the stated word limit for this assessment is 1,800 words, this means students can write up to 1,980 words without incurring a word limit penalty. Please remember that the recommended word limit 1,500-1,800 words. Feedback The final mark and written feedback will be made available to students via Canvas.