MMM343 - Business Ethics

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
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
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.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

Trimester 1 2024:

1 x 2 hour lectures, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Trimester 3 2023 only:

Week 1: 1 x 2 hour class live online 

Week 2: 2 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar 

Week 3: 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour online seminar  

Week 4: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar 

Week 5: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar 

Week 6: 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour online seminar 

Week 7: 1 x 2 hour video recording

Week 11: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar 

Note: No on-campus contact hours in weeks 8, 9 and 10 

Scheduled learning activities - online

Trimester 1 2024:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 10 scheduled online seminars.

Trimester 3 2024 only:

Week 1: 1 x 2 hour class live online
Week 2: 2 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar
Week 3: 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour online seminar 
Week 4: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar
Week 5: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar
Week 6: 1 x 2 hour video recording + 1 x 2 hour online seminar
Week 7: 1 x 2 hour video recording
Week 11: 1 x 2 hour class live online + 1 x 2 hour campus seminar 

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.

Unit Fee Information

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