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Managerial Ethics & Business Environment (BUSA90481)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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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.
- Identify stakeholder perspectives and adapt to societal changes that affect the business environment
Last updated: 9 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90532 | Business Essentials |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BUSA90480 | Leadership |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90552 | Business Essentials |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (Online)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
OR
Online students
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90552 | Business Essentials |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (Online)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Admission into the MC-BAOL Master of Business Administration, GD-BAOL Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, GC-BAOL Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, PR-BAOL Professional Certificate in Business Administration
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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: 9 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning, ongoing (F2F teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Syndicate presentation (equivalent to 500 words per individual) (F2F teaching mode)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Individual research assignment (F2F teaching mode)
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Case preparation and discussion, ongoing (F2F teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Case preparation and syndicate case discussion (EMBA modular teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Individual assignment (EMBA modular teaching mode)
| End of the teaching period | 80% |
Contribution to learning (Online teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
2 x individual assignments (Online teaching mode)
| From Week 2 to Week 4 | 40% |
Final assignment (Online teaching mode)
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 9 February 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 5 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 12 January 2024 to 14 January 2024 Last self-enrol date 5 January 2024 Census date 12 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 January 2024 Assessment period ends 21 January 2024 - April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 29 March 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 5 April 2024 to 7 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 29 March 2024 Census date 5 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 April 2024 Assessment period ends 12 April 2024 - April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 4 March 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 30 hours of readins to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 4 April 2024 to 5 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2024 Census date 5 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 April 2024 Assessment period ends 5 May 2024 - June
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 21 June 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 28 June 2024 to 30 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 21 June 2024 Census date 28 June 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 July 2024 Assessment period ends 7 July 2024 - September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 13 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 10 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 20 September 2024 to 22 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 13 September 2024 Census date 20 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2024 Assessment period ends 29 September 2024 September contact information
Time commitment details
70 hours
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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:
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- Students are required to complete readings and preparation tasks as specified by the lecturer in the pre-teaching period.
Last updated: 9 February 2024
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
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Marketing Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Marketing Course Master of Business Administration Course Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Course Graduate Diploma in Marketing Course Master of Marketing
Last updated: 9 February 2024