MMM343 - Business Ethics
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 3, 2020 will be online. Last updated: 5 October 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Ambika Zutshi Trimester 1: Achinto Roy |
Prerequisite: | For students commencing courses M300, M307, D301, D313, D317, D321, D322, D325, D338, D366 or D388: MMM132 plus 10 credit points For all other students: Must have passed 12 credit points |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour classes, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week For Trimester 3 2020 only: Week 1: 1 x 2 hour video recording Note: no on-campus contact hours in the following weeks: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 & 10 |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 10 scheduled online seminars. For Trimester 3 2020 only: 11 x 2 hour class (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit aims to develop students' awareness of the role that ethical issues play in business life, in particular, business policy formulation and implementation; management policy formulation and implementation; and employee rights and obligations. It also aims to develop students' ability to critically analyse ethical issues which arise in business life.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit | |
ULO1 | Demonstrate an awareness of the role that ethical issues play in business life; in particular business policy/procedure formulation and its implementation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Articulate and discuss the principles of business ethics. | GLO2: Communication |
ULO3 | Articulate an understanding of the contextual issues surrounding business ethics in different societies nationally and internationally. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Rationalise and argue for their perceptions of each concept in a manner that highlights an objective understanding of the issues concerned. | GLO2: Communication |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Written Assignment | 3000 words | 50% | Week 8 |
Examination | 2 hours | 50% | Exam period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMM343 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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