Assignments on your own workplace

If you do a major assignment for this course on your own workplace, you must seek permission from your employer prior to commencing the assignment.

A copy of the assignment cannot be given to any party other than your employer unless your employer agrees in writing for this to be done.

If a copy of the assignment is provided to your employer, or to any other party beyond course assessment purposes, all reference to UniSA, the program of study, and the course itself, must first be removed from the report. The report must not be presented as a UniSA report or be linked to UniSA in any way.

Assignments on other businesses or settings

If you do a major assignment for this course on an organisation or situation other than your own organisation and, in doing so, you intend to gather information that is not otherwise publically available, you must:

• Discuss your proposed assignment with your Course Facilitator prior to commencing any work on it.
• Give the party providing you with information a written statement of disclosure setting out:

a)    The capacity in which you are acting; this will usually be “I am seeking information in my capacity as a student undertaking university studies”.

b)   The purpose for which the information will be used; usually “The information will be used as part of a university course report to be submitted for assessment”.

c)    Who will receive a copy of the report; normally this will be “The report will not to be used for any other purpose other than for university course assessment”.

d)   There may be instances where the report might be provided to another party, such as an organisation that is the focus of the assignment i.e.: “The report will be used for university course assessment and will be provided to XYZ”.

e)   Confidentiality and anonymity protocols: normally this will be “Information will not be requested that is personal to you and no references will be included in the report that could directly or knowingly identify you as the source of information”.

f)     The name and contact details of the School’s Academic Integrity Officer with an invitation for the person to contact the AI Officer if any matters of concern arise: “If you have any concerns with the gathering or use of information please contact the <School Name> Academic Integrity Officer, <AI Officer’s name>: phone: <xxxxxxx> , email: <email> 

A copy of your proposed statement of disclosure must be provided to, and approved by, your course facilitator prior to your proceeding with the assignment.

Where a report is provided to another party beyond course assessment purposes, all reference to UniSA, the program of study, and the course itself, must first be removed from the report. The report must not be presented as a UniSA report or be linked to UniSA in any way.