King’s International Foundation - 2024-2025

Module Information

Assignment Details

Task

Please select one of the 4 questions listed below and write an academic argumentative essay on it.

Sources:

You must have a minimum of 4 sources in your Reference List. Of these 4, 2 must be any of the 4

Core Texts in the B&S Essay Source Pack. The maximum number of sources you can include are 5.

You can include Core Texts from the Respond to a Text Source Pack and up to 2 can be B&S lectures. We strongly recommend you to also look for sources in the module’s My Reading List, which is organised by topics. The last slide of your lectures and seminar PowerPoints, always includes a list of relevant readings. The Reference Lists in each of the articles of the Source Packs may also be useful.  We also recommend researching for sources in the KCL Library or Google Scholar.

When discussing a business, you may need to investigate their corporate website. If you draw data or facts from these Websites, these must be part of your sources.

All your sources must pass the CRAAP test, i.e., be current, relevant, authoritative, and purposeful.

All your sources must be written in English. They may have been originally written in a language other than English, but in these cases, they must also have been published in English.

Example: These could 2 examples of valid Reference Lists –

A) This student has chosen question 4 from the brief (How does globalisation influence ethical business practices? Using one of the case studies from the lectures (Quiqup or Aramco), describe two successes and two failures ofthe company in maintaining ethical standards internationally). They have met the requirement of a minimum of 4 sources and the requirement of including 2 Core Texts from the Essay Source Pack. Aside from the 2 Core Texts, they have included the company’s website and a Core Text from the Respond to a  Text Source Pack.

Reference List:

Aramco (2025). “Aramco Plans to Enter Philippines Retail Market with Agreement to Acquire 25% Stake in Unioil” . Aramco Latest News.https://www.aramco.com/en/news-

media/news/2025/aramco-plans-to-enter-philippines-retail-market

Eagle, L., Czarnecka, B., Dahl, S., & Lloyd, J. (2020). “Electronic, New, and Social Media” .

Marketing Communications. Taylor & Francis Group.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kcl/reader.action?docID=6349495

Delgado Marin, C. (2025) “Lecture W20- Globalisation & Ethics – Failures” . Business &

Society. King’s College London.https://echo360.org.uk/lesson/G_3300a3ff-a6af-4d18-a907- 197629b61ec9_f1eff4af-c973-4e28-a0a7-eabba83554b7_2025-03-19T13:03:00.000_2025-

03-19T14:00:00.000/classroom

Joshi, M., & Klein, J. R. (2021). Global Business in the Age of Transformation (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847232.001.0001

B) This other student has also chosen question 4 from the brief (How does globalisation

influence ethical business practices? Using one of the case studies from the lectures (Quiqup orAramco), describe two successes and two failures ofthe company in maintaining ethical standards internationally). They have met the requirement of a minimum of 4 sources and the requirement of including 2 Core Texts from the Essay Source Pack. Aside from the 2 Core Texts, they have included the company’s website and a Core Text from the Respond to a Text Source Pack. However, they have added a fifth source, which, in this case, is an article they have found in “Interesting Readings” slide of the lecture of W20.

Reference List:

Aramco (2025). “Aramco Plans to Enter Philippines Retail Market with Agreement to Acquire 25% Stake in Unioil”. Aramco Latest News.https://www.aramco.com/en/news- media/news/2025/aramco-plans-to-enter-philippines-retail-market

Eagle, L., Czarnecka, B., Dahl, S., & Lloyd, J. (2020). “Electronic, New, and Social Media”.

Marketing Communications. Taylor & Francis Group.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kcl/reader.action?docID=6349495

Delgado Marin, C. (2025) “Lecture W20- Globalisation & Ethics – Failures”. Business & Society.

King’s College London.https://echo360.org.uk/lesson/G_3300a3ff-a6af-4d18-a907-

197629b61ec9_f1eff4af-c973-4e28-a0a7-eabba83554b7_2025-03-19T13:03:00.000_2025-03-

19T14:00:00.000/classroom

OECD (2017). “Fixing Globalisation: Time to Make it Work for All”. Better Policies Series. Paris:

OECD Publishing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264275096-en

Joshi, M., & Klein, J. R. (2021). Global Business in the Age of Transformation (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847232.001.0001

Assignment/Submission Procedure

The deadline for this task is 11:00am on 22nd  April 2025.

Submission after 10:59:59 will be considered a late submission and may result in penalties.

Assignments must be submitted on time. Penalties for non-submission and late submission are detailed in the King’s Foundations Student Handbook.

You must submit the assessment electronically via the KEATS module page. Please ensure you submit via Turnitin.

You may practise submitting a piece of work usingTurnitin practice site. This is to help you check you  are submitting the correct document and the similarity % on Turnitin. This submission is NOT marked and will NOT be checked by tutors. You may want to first watch this video tutorial that you can find in ‘Assessment Submission Guidance’ section in the B&S KEATS site.

The assignment must include a completedcover sheet. This document can be found in the ‘Assessment’ section on the module KEATS page.

Assignments are marked anonymously, and so you will need to submit using your student number    (i.e. the number on your student card). This number should be clearly visible on the first page of the assignment. Please do not include your name on any part of the assignment.

Please name your assignment with your student number and BS.Essay (i.e. name of document:

“1976046_BS.Essay”).

Word Limit

The suggested word count for this task is 1200 words. Title and reference list are not included in this total.

No penalty is applied for assignments which are up to 5% over the suggested work count. This means that the upper limit is 1260 words. 2% will be deducted for every 5% over the upper word limit (see    theKing’s Foundations Student Handbookfor details).

There is no penalty for under-length assignments; however, assignments that are more than 5% below the suggested word count are unlikely to give adequate answers to the questions set.

Do not use headings or visual data (i.e. graphs, diagrams) in your assignment.

Style. and Referencing Guidance

Use 12pt Arial or Times New Roman font. Written assignments should be 1.5-line spaced, with a single empty line between paragraphs.

All the sources should be adequately cited and included in a Reference List at the end of your submission, which should also include an entry for any Lecture and any Core Text from the Source Pack that you have referenced in your essay.

You must follow the APA 7th Reference and Citing Guide as per the KCL APA 7th guidance. All the entries in your Reference List must be edited consistently (i.e. same punctuation, same order in the details, same use of capital letters or italics, etc.). The Reference List entries must be organised in alphabetical order by the writer’s surname.

Mitigating Circumstances

If you are unable to submit your assignment by the deadline above and you believe you have a valid reason for this, you must complete the Mitigating Circumstances process. Information and guidance can be found via the ‘Assessment’ section onStudent Services Online.