Final Assessment Outline
Competency Name: BUS 353: Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
Competency Statement: An overview of business and society, corporate social responsibility and ethics; focused study of legal topics including the Constitution, contracts, torts and government regulation. Developing analytical skills and professional communication skills are emphasized.
Final Assessment Title: Digital Presentation – Building an Ethics Program
Competency Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
- CLO 1: Students will be able to identify historical data which gave rise to business ethics and how stakeholders define ethical issues.
- CLO 2: Students will be able to identify how society has legally held organizations responsible for managing ethical issues as well as defining core or best practices.
- CLO 3: Students will be able to identify the framework for ethical decision making in business and explain how business professionals make ethical decisions.
Purpose of the Assessment:
The goal of this presentation is to build an Ethics Program for a company that is facing a similar problem listed in one of the cases presented on Milestone 2, you should use the same one you already wrote about.
Students should make a parallel between the Ethical Decision Making Process and the Globalization of Ethical Decision Making, discussing Globalization, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and their influence on ethical decision-making in business, bringing the concepts covered during the course to build the Ethics Program.
Submission Artifacts:
- For those of you who choose to use Prezi, go to prezi.com, create a free account and go through a quick tutorial to learn the program. There is a slight learning curve to learn to adequately use the web tool.
- Each presentation must have a minimum of 20 slides, not including YouTube videos. Feel free to exceed this number, you can create up to 30 slides.
- Students should work to make the most aesthetically pleasing presentation possible. Minimize unnecessary “spins” and “rotations.” However, do show relationships between concepts, historical situations, etc. Take inspiration from the list of great presentations: https://blog.prezi.com/presenting-the-6-best-prezis-of-2015/
Submission:
Students will create a digital presentation using a presentation tool of their choosing (Prezi, PowerPoint, Key, etc.) in response to the assignment prompt. Prezi is a digital tool that students can use to create digital presentations, it is a free option for students and makes very professional presentations with a little learning curve. You may use it or seek out what you are most comfortable with.
Students will use their preferred presentation tool, create the presentation, and then embed their presentations into the discussion forum. In order to do so, you can upload it to a cloud service (such as Google Drive) and add a public link to your discussion post. This way, you will not have problems with the size of the file.
Assignment Prompt:
Students will make a parallel between the Ethical Decision Making Process and the Globalization of Ethical Decision Making, discussing Globalization, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and their influence on ethical decision-making in business.
File Logistics:
- File type: pdf or pptx.
- Follow APA Citation.
- Add a Reference Page.
Check Before Submission:
Before submitting, double-check, have you met the criteria noted below?
- Number of slides (min. 10 and max. 30)
- Reference page
- APA Citations
- File type: pptx or pdf
Submit Your Work:
- Your completed final assessment documents should be submitted through the Final Assessment link of your competency.
- Please note, that you can upload multiple files to the Final Assignment link.
- Make sure the files are converted to a doc, docx, ppt, pptx file. (you can share Google Doc and MS OneDrive documents from the “Choose Existing Activities” button)
- To upload a file, click “Upload File” and choose the file(s) from your desktop.
More tutorial resources can be found at the UMPI Student eLearning Hub.
Final Assessment Rubric:
| Criterion | Exemplary – 4 | Proficient – 3 | Developing – 2 | Emerging – 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content and ideas | Presentation contains the most important facts about the topic. Ideas were expressed in an organized and clear way. It is easy to anticipate the type of material that might be on the next slide. | Presentation contains some important facts about the topic. Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but organization could have been better. One slide or item of information seems out of place. | Presentation contains just a few important facts about the topic. Ideas were somewhat organized, but not very clear. An occasional slide or item of information seems out of place. | Presentation contains no accurate facts about the topics and it seems like a collection of unrelated slides. There is no clear plan for the organization of information. |
| Graphics | All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the theme/content of the presentation. | A few graphics are not attractive but all support the theme/content of the presentation. | All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the theme/content of the presentation. | Several graphics are unattractive and detract from the content of the presentation. |
| Background | Background does not distract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card and it is appropriate for the topic. | Background does not distract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card. | Background does not distract from text or other graphics. | Background makes it difficult to see text or compete with other graphics on the page. |
| Spelling and Grammar | Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. | Presentation has a few minor errors but doesn’t distract the viewer. | Presentation has frequent grammatical errors and distracts the viewer. | Presentation has constant grammatical errors and distracts the viewer. |