The assignment includes writing. However, it would be greatly improved if it also specified what types of issues the faculty member considers important to give students a sense of the issues relevant to the course.

Information literacy is included in this assignment because students are examining newspaper and business magazines. It is likely that the students will go beyond the class materials in order to complete the assignment and fulfill a basic element of an information literacy assignment. It is not clear, however, how this assignment is tied to the content of the course or the instructors purpose in making the assignment. The assignment would be improved by making it much more specific and providing students guidance by suggesting ethical issues of relevance in today' world of work.