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HMT2000 Ethical Issues and Human Rights

Semester 1, 2022 Toowoomba On-campus
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Humanities & Communication
Grading basis : Graded
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Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: HMT1000

Overview

Ethical professional and research practice is a key requirement of all graduates, with evolving community expectations, legal requirements and professional demands. This applies to a range of professions, and to research ethics in the humanities, sciences and social sciences.

This course introduces students to the main legal, ethical, and social justice responsibilities that are integral to professional and research contexts. While considering a range of approaches to moral philosophy, students will focus on a rights based approach, together with an awareness of contemporary social justice issues. Examples and applications will be taken from a range of professions (e.g. human services, journalism) and codes of research ethics (e.g. human subjects, animal ethics).

Course learning outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. define the major philosophical approaches to ethics;
  2. reflect on the ethical basis for their own and society's values and attitudes to a variety of contemporary ethical issues;
  3. give examples of human rights issues, and critically analyse instances of inequality and marginalisation, in Australia and other countries;
  4. identify the key factors that shape contemporary understandings of social justice;
  5. identify and apply ethical research and enquiry skills;
  6. competently apply oral and written skills in the analysis and discussion of ethical issues and human rights;
  7. use academic and professional literacy skills to apply knowledge in the analysis and application of ethical literature and theory to selected professional and research contexts.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Ethical frameworks and issues 25.00
2. Human rights 25.00
3. Social Justice 25.00
4. Professional and research ethics 25.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

All material for this course is available online via 精东传媒app Desk and it is the student鈥檚 responsibility to access these materials each week.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Description Weighting (%)
SHORT ANSWER QUIZ 35
PORTFOLIO 15
CASE STUDY 50
Date printed 10 February 2023