IB CP Core: Reflective Project 3

Question 1

A student's career-related study is in culinary arts. Which Reflective Project topic would be MOST appropriately linked to that field?

Accepted Answer

The ethics of factory farming and its impact on the food industry

Answer

Factory farming raises genuine ethical tensions around animal welfare, sustainability, and industry practice directly relevant to culinary arts professionals.

Question 2

What is the primary role of the supervisor in the Reflective Project process?

Accepted Answer

To provide guidance, feedback, and authenticate the student's work

Answer

Supervisors guide students through the process and authenticate that the work is genuinely the student's own, but do not write or choose topics for them.

Question 3

Which philosophical framework would a student use if they argued that the ethical rightness of an action depends entirely on its consequences?

Accepted Answer

Consequentialism

Answer

Consequentialism, including utilitarianism, evaluates the morality of actions based on their outcomes or consequences.

Question 4

A student argues in their Reflective Project that a practice is wrong because it violates a professional duty, regardless of outcomes. Which ethical lens is this?

Accepted Answer

Deontology

Answer

Deontological ethics focuses on duties, rules, and obligations rather than consequences as the basis for moral judgment.

Question 5

What does 'academic honesty' require of a student when they paraphrase a source in the Reflective Project?

Accepted Answer

A citation is required because the idea originated with someone else

Answer

IB academic integrity standards require citation whenever a student uses another person's ideas, whether quoted or paraphrased.

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IB CP Core: Reflective Project 3