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BEC610S - BUSINESS ETHICS - 2ND OPP - JULY 2022 |
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. nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
QUALIFICATION: DIPLOMA IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 06DTVT
LEVEL: 6
COURSE NAME: BUSINESSETHICS
COURSE CODE: BEC612S
DATE: JUNE 2022
SESSION: PAPERONE
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Dr Godfrey Tubaundule
MODERATOR Mr B. Kauteza
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers the same as on the question paper.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat, and presentable.
PERMISSABLEMATERIALS
1. Examination paper
2. Examination script
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _2_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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Question 1 (100 marks)
Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow.
A local political leader pressurises a TVETcentre manager to admit his son who obtained 10 points in
Grade 12. The centre manager suddenly changes the admission requirements and admits the local
politician's son. Despite lowering the admission criteria, the centre manager refuses to admit children
from neighbouring villages with 25 points and above. The TVETmanager complains that parents are
unrealistic to expect him to admit all the children from neighbouring communities. The centre manager
indicates that the available spaces are reserved only for deserving children.
1. In your own words identify and explain five possible unethical issues that might arise from the
scenario above? Use at least one relevant example to support your answer.
(15)
2. Name and briefly explain the two dimensions along which ethical leaders can best be
described? Ensure to use at least one relevant example to support your answer.
(20)
3. In your opinion briefly explain how the situation described in the scenario above could violate
the law/policies or code of conduct for the centre? Use relevant examples to support your
answer.
(20)
4. In the situation presented above, briefly explain any potential negative consequences for the
manager, the community and the country. Use relevant examples to support your answer.
(12)
a. Potential negative consequences for the centre manager
(6)
b. Potential negative consequences for the country
(6)
5. Briefly discuss the five measures below that the employer must have considered to prevent
the unethical behaviour of the manager presented in the scenario above. Use relevant
examples to support your answer.
(25)
a. Consistently articulated official standards of employee behavior set by the centre
b. Clarified the rules and guided employees
(5)
c. Monitored and rewarded ethical behaviours of employees
(5)
d. Encouraged open two-way communication in the workplace
(5)
e. Modelled ethical behaviour
(5)
6. Based on your experience and opinion, briefly explain whether TVET managers in Namibia
"walk the talk" and "talk the walk" when it comes to promoting ethical leadership in their
centres? Use examples to support your answer. Use relevant examples to support your
answer.
(8)
TOTAL [100]
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