Undergraduate - UnitMGP3113 - Organisation governance and ethics

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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	Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Gordon Thompson

Synopsis

Do businesses and managers have any responsibilities beyond profit maximisation? To what extent should organisational 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 fundamental questions.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify and discuss important ethical issues in various business practices and contexts
explain the implications of adopting different approaches to ethics and corporate social responsibility
critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to corporate social responsibility
examine the different mechanisms for regulating business behaviour
apply the different approaches in relation to ethics, social responsibility and governance to issues specific to the treatment of employee (HRM), marketing/sales, finance/accounting, new technologies as well as environmental, global and socio-economic issues.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.