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Newspaper article picked: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/australian-new-home-sales-surged-by-8-2-in-june-2016-8

briefly explain the ethical issue and analyse it in relation to the main ethical theories , such as relativism, utilitarian, Kantian and virtue ethics.

Your report should refer to at least one academic paper from academic journals , relates to the ethical issue in your newspaper article. 


Topic background and ethical issue- The extent to which you have clearly explained the background to the topic and identified a clear and focused ethical issue.

Relevant academic literature identified: The extent to which you have identified and explained academic literature relevant to the ethical issue. Note that this requires critical evaluation of the literature as opposed to merely a chronological description of relevant studies.

Summary of key ethical theories provided  – The extent to which the main feature of the theories have been identified and more sophisticated aspects of the theories discussed (e.g. the Bentham vs. Mill/quantity vs. quality aspect of utilitarianism).

Application of key ethical theories  – The extent to which you have used the key ethical theories to investigate the ethical issue you have identified. The extent to which you have applied the more sophisticated aspects of the theories and also utilised the relevant academic identified to add sophistication to your analysis.

Conclusions and recommendations – The extent to which you have provided a logical conclusion based on your ethical analysis. The extent to which you have developed recommendations - e.g. ethical principles and/or policy recommendations - that would help address the ethical issue you have identified.