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Unit 20: Business Ethics — assessment criteria

Learners develop an understanding of how organisations promote ethical behaviour in the workplace and consider the business case for implementing socially-responsible business practices.

Internal60 GLH12 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain the concept of business ethics and how they are embedded in industry and professional codes of practice.
A.P2Explain the practical application and impact of business ethics on business organisations and their employees.
B.P3Explain the concept and features of corporate social responsibility.
B.P4Explain the benefits and drawbacks for different businesses implementing corporate social responsibility.
C.P5Explain the impact of a business disaster on an organisation and its key stakeholders.
C.P6Explain the effectiveness of an organisation’s response to a business disaster.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Analyse the concept, application and impact of ethics in relation to business operations, and the behaviours of employees. responsibility is applied in a business context
B.M2Assess the nature and impact of corporate social responsibility for different businesses. corporate social responsibility issues on business practices
C.M3Analyse the effectiveness of an organisation’s response to a business disaster.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate business operations, and the behaviours of employees, in relation to the concept, application and impact of business ethics.
B.D2Evaluate the effectiveness of different businesses’ approaches to implementing corporate social responsibility policies.
C.D3Critically evaluate the effectiveness of an organisation’s response to a business disaster.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateExplainAnalyseAssessCritically
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Understand how ethical behaviour is applied in a business context
  • B. Understand how corporate social responsibility is applied in a business context
  • C. Investigate the impact of ethical and corporate social responsibility issues on business

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