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MM422 Managing Ethics in Organisations

Updated: 10 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions MM222 or MM322 or GSB751
Notes None
Combined Units MM322 - Managing Ethics in Organisations
Coordinator(s) Josie Fisher (jfisher@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit focuses on the role of ethics in organisations. It introduces the conceptual and analytical skills required to identify and evaluate the ethical dimension of business activites in specific areas such as human resource management, marketing, accounting and international business. The question of how ethics might be managed effectively within organisations is also canvassed. The unit does not aim to provide conclusive answers to a set of ethical questions, rather, it aims to introduce a way of thinking and talking about ethical issues in an organisational context.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Moral Issues in Business
ISBN: 9780170135764
Shaw, W.H., Barry, V. and Sansbury, G., Cengage Learning 1st Asia-Pacific ed. 2009
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 15% On/Off Campus 1000
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2 6 and 7
Assignment 2 30% On/Off Campus 2500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 6
Bulletin Board 5% Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7
Tutorial 5% On Campus
Assessment Notes
Participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 50% On/Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify and demonstrate an understanding of various ethical theories and concepts;
  2. develop and apply arguments based on these ethical theories and concepts in particular management contexts;
  3. explain how ethical considerations might be meaningfully integrated into specific areas of management;
  4. describe how ethics might be managed effectively within organisations;
  5. analyse particular issues relating to professional ethics.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
addressed in all components of unit 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
addressed in all components of unit 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
addressed in particular topics, activities and exam 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
students required to identify and critically evaluate relevant material 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
students encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and wider relevance of unit 		True
6 Problem Solving
embedded into all aspects of the unit 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
several topics explicitly consider social responsibility 		True True True
   

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