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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Responsible Management
  • Unit Code

    MBA6010
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mehran NEJATI AJIBISHEH

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's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Trimstr 3Not Offered4 x 7 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS 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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMultiple Choice assessment30%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
PresentationGroup Presentation30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMultiple Choice assessment30%
PresentationGroup Presentation30%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

MBA6010|2|1

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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Responsible Management
  • Unit Code

    MBA6010
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mehran NEJATI AJIBISHEH

Description

Responsible management focuses on building ethical awareness in an increasingly complex and global environment. Students will develop and evaluate individual perspectives on ethics and responsible management, while exploring organisational factors such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability, governance, and citizenship in local and international contexts. The aim is for students to develop a responsible business mindset through examining the roles and responsibilities of businesses towards sustainability grand challenges, such as climate change and social inequality. The unit offers managerial insights on how ethical, social, and environmental considerations can be embedded in a business with the desire to be profitable.

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. Values and sustainability mindset
  2. Normative theories of ethics
  3. Towards a more responsible capitalism
  4. Corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, and corporate citizenship
  5. Ethical leadership and culture
  6. Ethics at work
  7. Sustainability, climate change, and carbon literacy for managers
  8. Moral and ethical issues in the global context
  9. Environmental ethics in business
  10. Putting it all together: Towards ethical decision-making

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Trimstr 3Not Offered4 x 7 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS 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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMultiple Choice assessment20%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
ProjectProject40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMultiple Choice assessment20%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
ProjectProject40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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