INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:

1. This End-of-Course Assessment paper comprises EIGHT (8) pages (including the cover page).

2. You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the ECA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date.

3. Late submission will be subjected to the marks deduction scheme. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details.

Academic Integrity

All written work is required to be referenced. That is, formally acknowledging the source of ideas, quotes, or facts gained from other authors and which are used directly orindirectly in the text of your papers. The American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style must be used for all in-text citations, references, figures, and tables. For more information, you may refer to https://libguides.suss.edu.sg/apa.

Honesty and integrity are the foundations of all forms of academic work, including at SUSS. Direct lifting of texts without acknowledgment is plagiarism, and disciplinary action will be taken. Students are advised to synthesise and rephrase ideas in your own words. If you use generative AI in your assignment, please be sure to cite it properly and attribute it with tables. For formats of proper citation and attribution of generative AI generative response, please refer to https://rise.articulate.com/share/GlQuywqm9MmZkxbaGig0HjjFA73k7aBr#/ .

Please be aware that all submissions will be automatically screened by the Turnitin, which contains plagiarism detection through a similarity index. Similarity index is NOT, by itself, an indicator of whether you have (self) plagiarised or not. A responsible way of drawing on external sources is citation and attribution. Review https://www.suss.edu.sg/about-suss/centres/teaching-and-learning-centre/learningsupport for guidelines and tips to avoid plagiarism and guidance on the use of
generative AI (See Section 5.1 Part K).

You are reminded that the penaltiesfor academic dishonesty are severe and may include expulsion from the programme or referral to SUSS’ Student Disciplinary Group. Details on the academic dishonesty can be found in yourstudent handbook. Please refer to Section 5.2 Academic Matters of the University Student Handbook on academic integrity and plagiarism.
Software application toolsthat use generative AI orsimilar CANNOTbe used to write or answer your assignments. These tools are non-exhaustive and includes ChatGPT, Qwillo, Grammarly, Microsoft Co-pilot, Gemini, Quillbot, and others. If you have declared the usage of generative AI in the academic integrity declaration statement in the cover page of your assignment, declaration, you will need to complete the Generative AI Attribution Table as shown in Table A. Please include Table A in the references section of your assignment. Late marks deduction may apply if resubmission of completed declaration and table is required.

Section A (90 marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

Question 1

Reflect on the challenges Alex faces in making a decision between the two candidates. Justify, what criteria would you prioritise if you were in Alex’s position and why? Consider your personal values, experiences, and understanding of diversity and leadership.

Question 2

Assess how might unconscious biases—such as affinity bias or assumptions about cultural competence—be influencing Alex, Jackie, and John in their evaluation of Catherine and Nolan? Examine how these biases can affect decision-making in hiring processes and propose strategies to mitigate their impact with evidence and justifications.

Question 3

In what ways can Alex and Juno’s leadership team act as allies to support the success of underrepresented groups, such as women and ethnic minorities, in their organisation? Develop actionable steps Alex could take to demonstrate allyship beyond this specific hiring decision.’

Question 4

Resistance to diversity and inclusion initiatives often arises in organisational settings. If the board or stakeholders express resistance, discuss how should Alex navigate this resistance? Imagine if this hiring decision was for Juno’s Singapore office, discuss the steps taken by the Singapore government reduce workplace discrimination at hiring stages.