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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).

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.