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Title Business Ethics
Code ULMS878
Coordinator Dr MF Ramirez
Work, Organisation and Management
Manuel.Ramirez@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2024-25 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 10

 10

       5

 25
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 125
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.  2    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.  0    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. Developed through identifying, formulating and solving organisational ethical issues.

(S2) Organisational skills. Developed through focus on research in current ethical practice in a variety of organisational contexts.

(S3) Communication skills. Developed through academic and business written communication.

(S4) International awareness. Developed through a specific component of group and individually based learning.

(S5) Ethical awareness. Developed through exercise and evaluate practical judgments in decision making concerning a variety of ethical issues.

(S6) Adaptability. Developed through cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis.

(S7) Teamwork. Developed through group based learning / activities.

(S8) Lifelong learning skills. Developed through group and individually based learning.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

2 hour lecture x 5 weeks
2 hour seminar x 5 weeks
1 hour asynchronous learning x 5 weeks
125 hours self-directed learning

Syllabus
 

Introduction to business ethics to consider contending theoretical perspectives;

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

Macroethics: examples of ethical decision making in context;

Global ethics: global examples;

Microethics: Ethical issues and functional areas: challenges and practices;

The ethical organisation: Whistleblowing.

Recommended Texts
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