Undergraduate - UnitMGX3100 - Management ethics and corporate governance

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Malaysia First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day) Prato Winter semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Elizabeth Prior Jonson

Synopsis

Do corporations have any responsibilities beyond profit maximisation? To what extent should business activities be left to the operation of the free market and to what extent should they be regulated through internal and external mechanisms? This unit examines the theoretical foundations of the different answers that have been given to these two fundamental questions. More specifically it examines the topics of ethical issues in marketing and advertising, climate change and environmental protection regulation and corporate governance, human resource management and social accounting.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify important ethical issues that arise in various business contexts
explain the implications of adopting different approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility
critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility
critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of different mechanisms for regulating business behaviour
apply different approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility and different approaches to regulation to issues specific to marketing, HRM, environment and social accounting.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Elizabeth Prior Jonson

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Completion of 12 units (72 points) of study