Ethics, Society, and Employability

Assignment Brief

Module title	ETHICS, SOCIETY AND EMPLOYABILITY
Assignment number and title	Semester 1
Assignment type	Infographic Poster Presentation
Learning outcomes	Recognise and critically discuss various ethical and social justice issues, such as diversity and the environment.   Explain programme specific ethical and social justice issues, debate different sides of the argument and demonstrate your academic skills.

Assessment Scenario: Part 1 Individual Infographic Poster Presentation

(Negotiated Assessment).                                   

Topic: Inequality in Society and the Workplace

1. Access to education and healthcare inequality in Romania

As an individual, you need to prepare an individual infographic poster in which you should include the following:

1. You have to clearly identify three causes or problems for the type of inequality

• You have to propose at least two solutions that could reduce the type of inequality in society

• You should select at least one organisation that could contribute to solving the type of inequality such as; (profit, non-profit, social enterprise, charity, government sector). Give a general outline of the organisation’s goals, as well as an example of such an organisation (if existent).

Important instructions of this Assessment:    

You are required to create an individual infographic poster on the above topic and include the recommended contents accordingly and also you need to provide a summary of your infographic poster up-to 1000 words.

Individual Presentation (Negotiated Assessment)

You will be assessed as follows:

1. Background, factors and sources (referencing) – 40 marks

1.1 Provide contemporary statistics and contextual background to help establish your chosen topic. (5 points awarded to infographic content; 15 points awarded to paper content. (20)

1.1 Using primary and/or secondary sources to provide supporting evidence, identify up to three potential underlying factors contributing towards your identified issue.

(5 points awarded to infographic content; 15 points awarded to paper content. (20)

2. Proposed solutions & chosen organisation – 30 marks

2.1 Based on your individual research into the topic area, identify three current problems and two current or proposed strategies targeted at addressing this issue. (5 points awarded to infographic content; 5 points awarded for paper content). (10)

2.2 Identify one organisation (profit/non-profit/charity etc.) who you might work for, which seeks to address the issue you have chosen. Give a general outline of the organisation’s goals and/or mission statement. (5 points awarded to infographic content; 15 points awarded to paper content. (20)

3. Speaker Notes and Summary – 30 marks

3.1 Regardless of the format in which your infographic is produced, it should be clearly formatted, with creative and innovative use of text and diagrams to help convey concise, and appropriate, messages. (10)

3.2 Written communication of speaker notes of the produced individual poster should be clear (10)

3.3 Evidence of written individual infographic poster summary should be attached up to 1,000 words with references in Harvard style. (10)