SUS1501 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. Answers, guidelines, workings and references..... ........No prizes for guessing which one of the Crossroads Assignment questions we have chosen to explore here: “60% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined under appalling conditions often by child labourers.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: A. What’s cobalt got to do with to me? B. The DRC is a long way from where I live so I don’t really care. C. This is just a fact of global supply chains and necessary for global economic growth, which is in everyone’s best interest. D. I wonder who is profiting out of this? E. It breaks my heart to see children exploited. This is morally wrong and must not be allowed. Here's what you need to do in this assignment: INSTRUCTIONS: This is a different assignment to assignment 2 as it will involve multiple submissions. So please read these instructions carefully! Step 0: Do Assignment 1 If you haven't already done it, please go to the "Self Assessments" tool and do Assignment 1 now. YOU WILL GET 0 (ZERO)FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YOUR ASSIGNMENT 1 THROUGH THE SELF ASSESSMENTS TOOL. Step 1: Set the scene To set the scene for this assignment, we want you to do a Google image search using the words "DRC cobalt mines child labour". You should see something like the image below. Take a bit of time and scan through the images. Upsetting isn't it? Step 2: Answer the following questions - COUNTS 60% OF MARKS 1. Which is the most likely utilitarian option? 2. Why do you say this?; 3. What do you feel about this option?; 4. Which option did you chose? Post the answers to these in the following discussion forum: Discussions -> FORUM: 03: All about the outcome -> TOPIC: Assignment 03: All about the outcome BACK NEXT Step 3: Comment on other student submissions - COUNTS 40% OF MARKS Post: At this stage, it is important that you are not just posting your own comments. That doesn't help anyone - it's just you being in your own head. To really make progress in this module you have to also get some idea of what is going on in everyone else's heads. And this means engaging meaningfully and respectfully with your fellow students. In these comments we are looking for evidence that you have considered other people's views, responded to views in a constructive way, added to the conversation and possibly challenged your own ideas or the ideas of a fellow student. Just remember the rules of engagement explained in the START HERE > GROUND RULES section ot this study guide..
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