Offered
South Africa Second semester 2008 (Day)
Synopsis
An introduction to ethical issues in business, with a specific focus on the accounting profession. The unit addresses four areas of ethics and business: An introduction to applied ethics, including the nature of ethics and ethical decision-making; An overview of business ethics and its relationship with corporate governance and social responsibility; An understanding of how ethics affects businesses, organizations and professions; A case study of ethics in the accountancy profession.
Objectives
The learning objectives of this unit are to:
- explain selected ethical theories and their relevance to business and professional ethical issues;
- apply an ethical perspective to organisational and management issues
- explain the nature of professionalism;
- describe the purpose, structure and contents of selected codes of conduct from business and professions, particularly the accounting profession;
- apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with ethics in business.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%.
Contact hours
One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial
Prerequisites
AFW1001 or MGW1010
