Postgraduate Course: Business Ethics (MBA) (BUST11211)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Business Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course provides a general grounding in both theoretical and applied ethics. The course content is designed around the following components:
(i) a perspective on the moral content of human action.
(ii) a review and analysis of the range of theories within the field of moral philosophy.
(iii) a critical analysis of the economic (markets) and organisational (commercial entities) contexts within which ethical or unethical decision making and practice operates.
(iv) an insight into applied ethics through the analysis of case studies and insights into codes of practice.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completing the course students will be able:
(i) to understand the scope and content of ethical theory (including its limitations) and its relevance for diverse institutional and operational business contexts and individual choice and agency.
(ii) to articulate and discuss critically various philosophical principles and theories which underpin conceptions of 'ethical' or 'unethical' behaviour in different contexts.
(iii) to apply the theoretical precepts of ethical theory in order to evaluate real-life situations, clarify ethical alternatives, articulate associated moral values and be able to explain techniques of moral reasoning.
(iv) to be aware of the content and objectives of corporate social responsibility policies.
(v) to understand the relevance of ethical reasoning to one&©s own professional and social behaviour.
(vi) to develop a greater awareness of cross cultural variations in assessing moral issues through case based discussions with other members of learning groups.
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Assessment Information
2 essays, each of 1,500 words.
The first essay (1,500 words) is to be produced by group work, analysing a distinct case study.
The second piece of assessed work will require each individual student to produce an essay of 1,500 words. The essay question will ask students to assess the significance of ethics in their careers.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
SESSION 1: Introduction: Business and Society.
SESSION 2: Models of Ethical Decision-making (1): prescriptive theories.
SESSION 3: Models of Ethical Decision-making (2): questions of character.
SESSION 4: The Manager, the Corporation and Bureaucratic Rationality
SESSION 5: Corporate Governance.
SESSION 6: The Corporate Social Responsibility Debate
SESSION 7: International Business
SESSION 8: Corporate Strategy: Reputation Management
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr James Hine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3805
Email: J.A.Hine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 8071
Email: Stuart.Mallen@ed.ac.uk |
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