SOC10236 | Assignment 3 Ethics and Sustainability Analysis | Sustainable Futures

Assessment tasks

1. Select one important sustainability issue of global significance and express this issue in no more than one short sentence (2 marks).
   Note: you cannot select ‘climate change’ (or global warming) as your sustainability issue as this is the issue chosen for the demonstration example provided in the online discussion.
2. Describe the main environmental elements of your chosen global sustainability issue   (5 marks).
3. Describe the critical social elements of this global sustainability issue (5 marks)

5. Describe the key economic elements of this global sustainability issue (5 marks).
6. Identify two major ethical problems which are strongly connected with your chosen global sustainability issue    (2 marks).
7. Discuss the two ethical problems identified in part 5 drawing on relevant ethical theory     (8 marks).
8. Your chosen global sustainability issue presents both significant threats and opportunities for business. Discuss these major business threats and opportunities. (5 marks).
9. Your chosen global sustainability issue will contain multiple causes of unsustainability and will cause actions which are considered unethical. You are required to propose an ethical and sustainable solution to the problems which underpin this global sustainability issue. This proposed solution should address causes of unsustainability, as well as financial, technological and behavioural barriers to removing these causes of unsustainability. (8 marks).

                                                                                                                                         

Final examination

The final examination is scheduled for the end of the study period. The exam will be 1.5 hours, consisting of 40 multi-choice questions. The exam will be closed book.

Note: Students are permitted to take a hard copy English translation dictionary into the examination. Electronic translation dictionaries are not permitted.

Given SOC10236 is a first year unit, students who achieve a total mark which is less than that required to pass this unit will be offered one replacement assessment if there is a realistic chance that the student could pass the unit. All offers are made by email to the SCU student email account prior to grades being released. Normally students will have 2 weeks to complete the replacement assessment.