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In pursuing the ethical basis for business policy and practice, we will look at changing notions of corporate performance. Participants will address such issues as: What is success in business? What good does business do and how does it do it? What are major causes of the breakdown of business ethics? We will also study the practice of business ethics, with the aim to expand capacity for moral inquiry, dialogue, and decision making in ways that will be useful in your professional and civic lives.
This course considers the roles of organisations and individuals in business and society. The notion that corporations are simply wealth creating organisations, with little social and ethical responsibility to the broader public and the physical environment, is no longer acceptable. Communities command that corporations go beyond their economic brief to provide surplus resources in the form of philanthropy and other social initiatives. In this course we examine how organisations are attempting to balance the pursuit of profits and good corporate citizenship as stakeholder expectations accelerate the need to better understand the role of corporations in society.In pursuing the ethical basis for business policy and practice, we will also look at changing notions of corporate performance. Students will address such issues as: What is success in business? What good does business do and how does it do it? What are major causes of the breakdown of business ethics? We will also study the practice of business ethics, with the aim to expand capacity for moral inquiry, dialogue, and decision making in ways that will be useful in students’ professional and civic lives.Course requirements, expectations and regulationsStudents are expected to be conversant with all materials discussed in lectures. The Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship assumes that students have read the relevant sections concerning course regulations and aegrotat applications in the UC Calendar, “General Course and Examination Regulations”. No late assignments will be accepted, no extensions will be granted, no make-up work will be offered for assessment items not completed, and no extra credit will be awarded.The Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship may standardise the marks for this course. As marks may be scaled at the end of the semester, there is no set pass mark for each individual item of assessment. A passing mark will depend on your overall performance on all items of assessment compared with other members of the class. A summary of Departmental academic policies on course grading, aegrotat considerations, etc. is available here.The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the General Course and Examination RegulationsRelationship to other coursesThis course is an elective course for students majoring in Human Resource Management (HRM), Marketing or Management in the BCom Programme. It builds on the foundation laid in MGMT230.WorkloadLecture 24 hoursLecture Preparation 42 hoursMid-term test 2 hoursFinal Examination 2 hoursTest and Exam Preparation 40 hoursGroup Assignment 20 hoursReflective journals 10 hoursTotal 150 hours
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:1. Analyse the impact of the capitalist context for corporate responsibility2. Understand personal and organisational factors that enhance and diminish ethical decision-making and corporate responsibility.3. Apply ethical and multi-stakeholder frameworks to decision-making4. Apply ethical understanding to real world cases.5. Explore the possibility of working for or setting up ‘business for good’ opportunities through the study of exemplary businesses.BCom Learning Goals:Goal 1: Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of Commerce;Goal 2: Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problems;Goal 3: Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectives;Goal 4: Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.Learning Goal Assessed with: 1 Mid-term test; Reflective journal 2 Mid-term test; Reflective journal 3 Mid-term test; Reflective journal4 Final exam; Group assignment5 Final exam; Group assignment
(1) MGMT230; and (2) 30 points from MGMT above 100 level. RP: Other essay-based courses
Other essay-based courses
Tyron Love
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL (10%)Due weekly from Thursday March 12, 2015 (Week 3)Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. During weeks 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, a reflective journal question relating to the course material will be due before class. The reflective journal question will be set one week in advance (i.e. the first will be released on March 5). Students are asked to submit, through LEARN (as a word file attachment), a brief one page response to each of the reflective journal questions. Each reflective journal submission is worth 2% accumulating to a maximum of 10% over the duration of the assessment. Requirements concerning the reflective journals will be explained in class. No extensions can be given.The reflective journal assessment is designed to assess learning goals 1, 2 and 3.MID-TERM TEST (30%)Date TBA (Week 7; after the break)The term test will consist of 4 essays. The test will be 2 hours in duration. It will examine lecture material, text and course readings covered in weeks 1 - 6.Please Note: The test will be undertaken in examination conditions. That is, only a pen and water bottle will be allowed on the desk during the test. No pencil cases, mobile phones, calculators or dictionaries. Please do NOT forget to bring your student ID card.The mid-term test is designed to assess learning goals 1, 2 and 3.GROUP ASSIGNMENT (30%)In-class presentations start weekly from Thursday April 30, 2015 (week 7)Weeks 7 - 12. In groups, students will apply theory to real world cases and present their work to the class. Students must sign up for a group on LEARN following procedures explained in class. Each group will submit a presentation and a report. Requirements concerning the group assignment will be explained in class. No extensions can be given for late submission.The group assignment is designed to assess learning goals 4 and 5. FINAL EXAM (30%) Date and time to be announced by the exams officeThe final exam will consist of 4 essays. The exam will be 2 hours in duration. It will examine lecture material, text and course readings covered in weeks 7-12.The final exam is designed to assess learning goals 4 and 5.Important Assessment Information:Marks will be posted on the LEARN site as soon as possible after the assessments have been marked. You will be notified by email when the marks are available. Tests are not returned – however you can look at your individual test in the tutor’s office (during consultation times or by appointment at other times).GradingYour final score will be calculated after the raw marks for each assessment have been standardised. You should not regard 50% as a pass mark.
All readings will be made available through Learn. This course does not have a textbook.
MGMT333S1 Course Outline LEARN
Class RepresentativeA class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.Departmental Academic Policies The Department assumes that you have read this document.You should also read the General Course and Examination RegulationsDishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Coversheets - Group and Individual
Domestic fee $737.00
International fee $3,125.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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