MMM343 - Business Ethics

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Achinto Roy
Trimester 2: Achinto Roy
Prerequisite:

For students commencing courses M300, D301, D321, D322, D325, D338, D366, D385 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.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on campus seminar each week.

 

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 2 hours each week. In addition, there will be 10 online seminars of 1 hour duration over the trimester.

 

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.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Analyse the contextual factors that influence business ethics nationally and internationally.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Analyse and articulate the underlying principles of business ethics in real and hypothetical contexts.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO3

Analyse ethical issues in business through a variety of stakeholder lenses and present solutions to key stakeholders.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Source, cite and evaluate evidence/information to support the analysis of business ethics.

GLO3: Digital literacy

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Analytical)

2000 words 50% Week 6

Assessment 2: (Individual) Essay

2000 words 50% Week 11

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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