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Title | Business Ethics | ||
Code | ULMS551 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr SJ Nadin Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship S.J.Nadin@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2021-22 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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(LO1) To have developed knowledge and understanding of business ethics; |
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(LO2) To be able to critically evaluate business ethics theories and their relevance for contemporary business; |
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(LO3) To be able to analyse the key tools for understanding and practising ethics in business; |
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(LO4) To be able to appraise the business and personal case for business ethics. |
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(S1) Problem solving skills |
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(S2) Commercial awareness |
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(S3) Organisational skills |
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(S4) Communication skills |
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(S5) International awareness |
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(S6) Ethical awareness |
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(S7) Leadership |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Seminar 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 |
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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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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |