Undergraduate - UnitBTF2223 - Corporate crime

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Andrew Serpell

Synopsis

An overview of conduct that constitutes criminality in the business world. It draws together from the various areas of business law and taxation provisions governing inappropriate conduct within corporate entities which have the potential to attract criminal and/or other serious sanctions. It discusses the mechanisms for detecting and penalising such offences and the possible penalties.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

describe the nature and causes of corporate crime
identify various types of corporate criminality
identify the laws that govern corporate criminality
describe the penalties for the various types of corporate criminality
formulate and implement a compliance program to minimise criminal and/or other misconduct in a given corporation.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Andrew Serpell

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

BTF1010 or equivalent

Prohibitions

BTW2223, BTG2223