Business ethics and social responsibility

•Covid 19 and the issues it’s caused  disruption to education settings such as the University of Bradford.

First policy – flexibility within assessments..

•what was the flexibility? (Can be found on university of Bradfords website… supplementaries at first attempt, not requiring evidence with extenuating circumstances, leniency with extensions)

•why was this necessary during the pandemic?

•discuss effectiveness by describing the positives for this and the limitations

Positives- students not adversely effected

Staff work load decrease due to no evidence

Negatives- some students get more of an advantage through lying about their circumstances.

Staff work load increase due to extensions

•suggest alternative to universities policy on assessments… maybe via video call and verbal assessment.

Second policy – only able to attend campus if your course is practical

•why was this necessary, to limit face to face interaction etc…

•talk in detail about which students were able to attend campus

•talk in detail about how some staff were asked to risk themselves (those working within practical subjects)

•some students and staff will have underlying health conditions or go home to families with underlying issues…

•alternative could have been to create bubbles like lower stage education settings have done

•link to first topic on assessments and how this could lead to cheating, meaning credibility of university is lost

•students lose opportunity to gain key skills for socializing

•timing of announcements that teaching would be online was shortly after students had paid rent so lots of money lost

Third policy – very critical as it is about mental health

•information can be found

•no facts and figures about how many people use this service or what the waiting time is like. Try to research this and find it out

•link to how not being able to visit campus causes these mental health issues

•use figures to show the rising effect of mental health issues so having 24/7 support was necessary

Conclusion-

University of Bradford put lots of different arrangements in place, did the best for their stakeholders. Tried to ensure they supported staff and students…

How far did they succeed with this??

THIS IS JUST GUIDANCE AND IDEAS, USE YOUR INITIATIVE FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS TO ENSURE TOP QUALITY ESSAY.

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