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Title Business Ethics
Code ULMS551
Coordinator Dr SJ Nadin
Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship
S.J.Nadin@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

 10

         22
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 128
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Examination There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  2 hours    50       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Individual Assignment There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  3,000 words.    50       

Aims

To provide students with knowledge and understanding of business ethics and ethical issues in contemporary business;

To place business ethics in the context of everyday practice to enable students to understand, apply and manage from an ethical perspective.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To have developed knowledge and understanding of business ethics;

(LO2) To be able to critically evaluate business ethics theories and their relevance for contemporary business;

(LO3) To be able to analyse the key tools for understanding and practising ethics in business;

(LO4) To be able to appraise the business and personal case for business ethics.

(S1) Problem solving skills

(S2) Commercial awareness

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Communication skills

(S5) International awareness

(S6) Ethical awareness

(S7) Leadership

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Seminars are interactive and students will be required to prepare by constructing answers to set-questions and/or various other tasks

Self-Directed Learning Description: Outside the classroom, a student’s time should be spent preparing questions in advance of seminars, reading materials, researching independently and preparing for assessments.

Syllabus
 

Introduction to business ethics to consider contending theoretical perspectives;

Introduction to business ethics theories, including stakeholder and stockholder theory;

Small business ethics: examples of ethical decision making in context;

International business ethics: global examples;

Ethical issues and functional areas: challenges and practices;

The ethical organisation: organisational ethics.

Recommended Texts
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