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BUS305 Ethical Business Management Term 2, 2017 BUS305 Ethical Business Management Unit Learning Outcomes a. Formulate a practical framework for ethical decision making. b. Critically reflect upon an communicate the ethical issues inherent in changing business environments. c. Apply ethical principles to particular cases or practices in business. d. Evaluate and communicate the major approaches and issues relating to business ethics, corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability. e. Analyse and express the presuppositions of business from a moral point of view. f. Appraise and apply the techniques of moral reasoning and argumentation that are needed to analyse moral issues in business and thus encourage and maintain ethical corporate climates. Assessment Summary Assessment Type Weighting Due Learning Outcomes Case Study Report Principles on Ethics (2,000 words) 40% Week 6 a, b, c Group Debate Ethical Issues in Business 20% Week 10 d, e, f Exam 40% Exam week any of the following b, d, e, f Assessment 1 - Case Study Report For this assignment, student will write a case study report in 2,000 words based on a case identified with circumstance or event that describes an ethical issue, within an Asia-Pacific business context from a media source (newspaper article, blog, advertisement) to bring to Week 3 tutorial. During this tutorial, the tutor will review your chosen issue to ensure that it has a suitable business ethical dilemma. Analyse your chosen case by applying either virtue ethics OR utilitarian ethical theories, arguing both the claims and the criticisms of your chosen theory in relation to your chosen case. The use of ethical case studies from other courses is not permitted and will result in a FAIL grade. For the required format of the Case Study Report, please access the Assessment Structure Style Guide. Essential Texts and Materials: Prescribed text: (Students are expected to have access to the prescribed text as required) Shaw, W.H., Barry, V., Issa, T. and Catley, T. 2013. Moral Issues in Business. 2nd Asia Pacific edition. Melbourne: Cengage Students are expected to review readings on SharePoint associated with the lectures. Additional readings: * Ciulla, J.B., Martin, C., Solomon, R.C. (2007), Honest Work : A Business Ethics Reader, New York, Oxford University Press * Clegg, S.R., and Rhodes, C. (2006), Management Ethics: Contemporary Contexts, London, New York, Routledge * Beauchamp, T.L., and Bowie, N.E. (2005), Ethical Theory and Business 7th Edition; USA, Prentice Hall * Knights, D. and Willmott, H. (eds.). 2007. Introducing Organizational Behaviour & Management, Thomson Learning, London Submission guidelines: · Typed in case study report format as specified in the Assessment Structure Style Guide and to be submitted in electronic form as a word-processed file to www.turnitin.com before week 6 Friday 6:00pm. · Students must refer, in text, to a minimum of 12 academic articles apart from the prescribed text, plus others as required, in order to show competency in the assessment. · A school assessment cover sheet plus the marking guide is to be included with your paper. Assessment 2 – Group Debate The class will form groups consisting of 6 students. Students will be required to present to their group, the ethical issue that they chose for Assessment 1, the case study report. From these 6 individual issues, the group must agree on the specific case that they will debate in class. 3 students will form the affirmative team and 3 students will form the negative team. Students will be required to analyse the case through a debate. Each member in the affirmative or opposition team must speak individually for 3 minutes within the group debate. Throughout the debate, students will need to clearly focus on the resolution of the ethical business problem. Final exam The exam covers the entire course and will comprise two long essay business-case analyses and evaluations, and two short answer compulsory questions. Weekly Schedule BUS305 – Ethical Business Management Week Lecture date and topic Tutorial topic Assessments 2 Lecture 1 Introduction to unit, expectations, weekly schedule and topics Discussion of ethical frameworks Getting into an ethical mindset Outline of all assessment requirements 3 Lectures 2 Character, virtues, ethical leadership Readings •Text: Shaw et al - Chs 1, 10 · Bragues, G. 2006. Seek the good life, not money: The Aristotelian approach to business ethics. Journal of Business Ethics 67(4): 341-357. · Metherell, M. 2006. Summit called to tackle sex abuse in nursing homes. SMH. Case study analysis Current examples Ethical business dilemma identified & sent to lecturer for final approval 4 Lecture 3 Utililtarianism, teams Readings · Text Chs 2, 8 · Summary of Milgram Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DxSKTSoA_E Case study analysis Current examples 5 Lecture 4 Kantian deontology Readings · Text Ch 2 · Kant, I. 1784. An Answer to the Question: "What is Enlightenment?” · Boot, N. 2006. Council pushes for English signs. Today Tonight. Channel 7. Formation of Groups for ethical debate Case study analysis Current examples 6 Lecture 5 Ethical egoism, psychological egoism, risk Reading · Veatch, R.M. 2003. Is there a common morality? Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 13(3): 189-192 Case study analysis Current examples Assessment 1 due; Friday 6pm, 11th via Turnitin Case Study report 40% 7 Lecture 6 Relativism, shareholder vs stakeholder Case study analysis Current examples 8 Lecture 7 Gender, race, employment ethics Case study analysis Current examples 9 Lecture 8 Universality & international business Group debates – Assessment 2 Assessment 2: Group Debate begins (20%) Tutorials: Monday 28th August 10 Lecture 9 Session 10 -- social environmental, economic and future of ethics EXAM REVIEW available for consultation 11 Exam week Date to be advised Assessment 3: Final Exam (40%)