Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Responsible Management

• Unit Code

  MBA6010

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Julie Anne CREWS

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Description

This unit focuses on building ethical awareness in an increasingly complex and global environment. Students will develop and evaluate individual perspectives in terms of values and risks, and will explore organisational factors such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability, governance and citizenship in local and international contexts. The ultimate aim is for students to build and develop individual conscience in modern business decision-making and practices.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass FBL5010

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse the influences of sustainable business decisions on diverse stakeholders in contemporary global environments.
2. Apply ethical decision-making to business environments which reflect responsible Corporate Social Responsibility.
3. Display sound analytical skills by information processing, problem solving and interpretation of different business contexts.
4. Evaluate and apply critical integration skills to different contexts.

Unit Content

1. Corporate responsibility, corporate governance and corporate citizenships.
2. Corporate social responsibility and corporate governance.
3. Environmental ethics in business.
4. Ethics at work.
5. Ethics, leadership and culture.
6. Identifying the moral dimension of business.
7. International business: Moral and ethical issues and globalisation.
8. Normative theories of ethics.
9. The Organisation: Ethical and moral issues.
10. The morality and ethics of consumption.
11. The nature of capitalism.
12. Values and heuristics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This Unit will be delivered using a variety of learning approaches, integrating face-to-face and digital learning experiences. Students will be required to access and use a variety of learning materials to prepare for and engage in class and online discussion and activities. The teaching approach has a strong emphasis on experiential learning, particularly the discussion of unit ideas and activities; and how these relate to your own experiences and interests. On-campus classes involve lectures, discussions, individual and group activities. Online learning incorporates these aspects but in a virtual environment.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

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