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Managerial Ethics & Business Environment (BUSA90481)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and On Campus (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
July
September
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery April - Dual-Delivery March - Dual-Delivery July - On Campus September - On Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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.
- Identify stakeholder perspectives and adapt to societal changes that affect the business environment
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90532 | Business Essentials | Not available in 2024 |
25 |
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
June
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Syndicate presentation (equivalent to 500 words per individual)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Individual research assignment
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Case preparation and discussion, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
September
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Syndicate presentation (equivalent to 500 words per individual)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Individual research assignment
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Case preparation and discussion, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Summer Term
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Syndicate presentation (equivalent to 500 words per individual)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Individual research assignment
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Case preparation and discussion, ongoing
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Additional details
January, June and September (Full time and Part Time).
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 - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 5 January 2021 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 January 2021 to 16 January 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 January 2021 Census date 14 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 January 2021 Assessment period ends 23 January 2021 Summer Term contact information
- April - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 23 March 2021 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 8 April 2021 to 10 April 2021 Last self-enrol date 23 March 2021 Census date 8 April 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 April 2021 Assessment period ends 17 April 2021 - March - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 25 February 2021 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 30 hours of readins to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 25 March 2021 to 2 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 2 March 2021 Census date 26 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 April 2021 Assessment period ends 2 May 2021 - July - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 22 June 2021 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 1 July 2021 to 3 July 2021 Last self-enrol date 22 June 2021 Census date 1 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 July 2021 Assessment period ends 10 July 2021 July contact information
- September - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 14 September 2021 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 23 September 2021 to 25 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 14 September 2021 Census date 23 September 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2021 Assessment period ends 2 October 2021 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
- Related Handbook entries
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Last updated: 3 November 2022