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Assignment -

You are required to select one of the five topics listed below and clearly define one focused and specific ethical question relevant to your chosen topic which you will analyse in assignments.

The five topics are

1. Media, advertising or journalism (including social media);

2. The operating, investing or financing activities of multinational business organisations;

3. The taking of human or non-human life;

4. Artificial intelligence, robots, or any new technology;

5. Equity, diversity, multiculturalism, immigration (in the workforce or society).

Required tasks:

a. Select one of the five topics.

By carefully following the extensive guidelines provided in the Study Guide (Topic 1) clearly and concisely define one specific ethical question relevant to one of the five topics in no more than one short sentence.

b. Explain why your specific ethical problem is important and worthy of your analysis?

c. Identify and fully reference 6 key facts relevant to the analysis of your ethical question. (6 marks- Marking Criteria: Depth of research, Referencing)

d. Analyse the ethical act central to your ethical question using act utilitarianism by forecasting three important positive and three important negative consequences. (6 marks- Marking Criteria: Understand concepts, Apply theory, Analyse and interpret information)

e. Provide an ethical conclusion which compares expected positive with negative consequences including an estimate as to whether net utility will rise or fall.

Note - You should follow the 'Assignment Planning' activities in the SOC10236 Study Guide and all relevant online discussions concerning this assessment to perform well in this assignment.