| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Business |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Overview
This course provides students with foundation knowledge of ethical principles and applied research processes. The course examines ethical considerations implicit in business and professional contexts including issues of governance and economic corruption. Students will apply a range of theoretical approaches to corporate ethical decision making within the context of case based analysis and applied research methodologies.
This course will expose students to a range of complex and problematic ethical dilemmas in business and research. Students will be required to consider a variety of possible solutions for these dilemmas and to explore the ethical consequences of those solutions. The design of the course, and the associated assessment items, will result in students developing a holistic understanding of ethical business practice and ethical business research along with the associated issues, challenges and consequences of ethical decision making.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- use applied knowledge of the foundations of business ethics to address complex ethical dilemmas;
- identify ethical issues in complex cases and be able to apply business solutions to those issues;
- design and critically evaluate research to solve applied business problems;
- apply reflective practice to find solutions for ethical issues inherent in business decisions and behaviours;
- effectively communicate ideas and solutions to both ethical and research based problems to a professional standard.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Why bother with ethics? | 10.00 |
| 2. | Overview of ethical thinking | 20.00 |
| 3. | Ethical frameworks for decision making | 20.00 |
| 4. | Ethics in business | 20.00 |
| 5. | Ethics in research | 20.00 |
| 6. | Our global future: ethics in business and research | 10.00 |
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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 | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journal | No | 10 | 1 |
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 40 | 4,5 |
| Essay | No | 50 | 2,3 |