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Social Responsibility and Ethics (BUSA90481)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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In this subject, students learn about the societal context in which business operates, together with the skills for reasoning about ethical problems that arise in this context. The course examines the various stakeholders of business and discusses the obligations of corporations to those stakeholders. It considers strategies for achieving corporate social responsibility goals – such as environmental sustainability and social outcomes ‐‐ taking into account both the ethical case and the business case for such strategies. The course also examines a range of alternative approaches to moral reasoning as well as the applications of those approaches to the complex and dynamic ethical problems that confront leaders of modern organizations, both in Australia and in other cultures.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should:
- Apply the different approaches to moral reasoning and appreciate the limitations of these different approaches;
- Apply various ethical frameworks in the analysis and resolution of ethical problems
- Recognise some of the potential pitfalls of individual moral judgment;
- Describe the different forms that corporate social responsibility can take;
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the business case for corporate social responsibility;
- Appreciate the ethical dilemmas that arise in persuasion and communication with stakeholders, including customers, workers, and shareholders;
- Respond to the ways in which consumers’ purchase decisions are influenced by their ethical frameworks.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
January, June and September (Full time and Part Time):
- Contribution to class learning (equivalent to 250 words), ongoing throughout subject (10%)
- Syndicate presentation (equivalent to 500 words per individual), due in the teaching period (20%)
- Individual research assignment (1500 words), due two weeks after teaching period (60%)
- Case preparation and discussion (equivalent to 250 words), ongoing throughout subject (10%)
Hurdle requirement: to pass this subject, students are required to pass the individual research assignment.
March (EMBA):
- Syndicate assignment (equivalent to 500 words per individual), due at the end of the subject (20%)
- Final examination (2 hours), held at the end of the subject (80%)
Hurdle requirement: to pass this subject, students are required to pass the final examination.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 8 January 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 10 January 2018 to 12 January 2018 Last self-enrol date 8 January 2018 Census date 10 January 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 January 2018 Assessment period ends 19 January 2018 Summer Term contact information
- February
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 22 January 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 22 February 2018 to 25 March 2018 Last self-enrol date 29 January 2018 Census date 23 February 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 March 2018 Assessment period ends 25 March 2018 - March
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 21 March 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete 5 hours of reading during pre-teaching period to prepare for the subject Teaching period 23 March 2018 to 25 March 2018 Last self-enrol date 21 March 2018 Census date 5 April 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 March 2018 Assessment period ends 1 April 2018 - Winter Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 26 June 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 28 June 2018 to 30 June 2018 Last self-enrol date 26 June 2018 Census date 28 June 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 July 2018 Assessment period ends 7 July 2018 Winter Term contact information
- September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 11 September 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 14 September 2018 to 16 September 2018 Last self-enrol date 11 September 2018 Census date 14 September 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 September 2018 Assessment period ends 17 September 2018 September contact information
Time commitment details
70 hours
Additional delivery details
PLEASE NOTE: this subject is not being run in April or July, please ignore any references to April or July teaching availabilities above.
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, GD-MKTG, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator.
In some offerings, this subject will have a pre-teaching period:
- Check availability information (above) to see which offerings have pre-teaching periods.
- Students are required to complete readings and preparation tasks as specified by the lecturer in the pre-teaching period.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, GD-MKTG, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator
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Last updated: 3 November 2022