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Faculty of Business and

MMM343 Business E

Deakin University Unit G

Trimester 3,

CONTENTS

WELCOME ..........................................................................................................................................................................

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? .................................................................................................................................................. Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit ............................................. Unit chair details ........................................................................................................................................................ Administrative queries ............................................................................................................................................... ABOUT THIS UNIT .............................................................................................................................................................. Unit development in response to student feedback .................................................................................................. Your Course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes ........................................................................................... Your Unit Learning Outcomes .................................................................................................................................... ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES .......................................................................... Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... Summative assessment .............................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 1 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 2 ................................................................................................................................. Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment .................................................................. Scheduled learning activities - campus ...................................................................................................................... Scheduled learning activities - cloud .......................................................................................................................... Note ............................................................................................................................................................................ UNIT LEARNING RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................. Essential learning resources ....................................................................................................................................... Recommended learning resources ............................................................................................................................. KEY DATES FOR THIS TRIMESTER ......................................................................................................................................

UNIT WEEKLY ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................................................

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Deakin University, Faculty of Business a MMM343 Business Ethics - Trimester

WELCOME Welcome to MMM343 Business Ethics!

The unit is led by Ambika Zutshi. The unit team has extensive experience in the area of ethics and we are delighted to h you with us on this journey. As you progress through the unit, you will realise that the elements of business ethics are evident in our every day lives, both in a personal and a professional way. You will also identify the ways in which your o has been formed over the years, as well as the people (including the various media sources) that have influenced your thoughts and decision-making process.

As individuals we use our past and current experiences, observations and knowledge to make informed decisions. Our will encourage you to explore the Business Ethics issues surrounding all our lives and to examine them from perspectiv multiple stakeholders.

This unit is not designed to 󰜙convert󰜚 you to a particular way of thinking, but to help you to create your own perspective this area. The unit uses extensive practical examples to challenge you to consider a range of issues of importance to bu and to get you to form your own opinions on these issues at hand. To help you through the theoretical and conceptua material of Business ethics, you will also need to purchase a copy of the required textbook Ferrell/ Fraedrich/ Ferrell, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Cases, Cengage (11th edition). Unit Site and Online Communication

The Unit site for this unit contains much of the information, articles, class slides, discussion board and suchlike that you need to be accessing alongside the required textbook to complete this unit. A member of the unit team will try their b respond to your unit site queries within 48 hours (except on the weekends or public holidays). The same applies for em messages.

All unit related questions should be posted on the discussion board site. If, however, you need to communicate somet that it would not be appropriate to place on the public discussion board (for example illness, or other personal issues th may affect your unit work) then please email the Unit Chair. All the best for the trimester for this and your other Units. Kind regards, Ambika, on behalf of the MMM343 unit team

This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit. For the best chance of success, you should read carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your Unit site (inside DeakinSync) also provides informati about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and we expect refer to it throughout the trimester.

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit Ambika Zutshi

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Deakin University, Faculty of Business a MMM343 Business Ethics - Trimester Unit chair details Name

Ambika Zutshi

Department

Management

Faculty

Business and Law

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 3 924 46678

Administrative queries

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Contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader Drop in or contact Student Central to speak with a Student Adviser

For additional support information, please see the Rights and Responsibilities section under 'Resources' in your unit sit

ABOUT THIS UNIT

This unit aims to develop students' awareness of the role that ethical issues play in business life, in particular, business formulation and implementation; management policy formulation and implementation; and employee rights and oblig It also aims to develop students' ability to critically analyse ethical issues which arise in business life.

Unit development in response to student feedback

Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each Unit. Yo strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this Unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

As a result of previous feedback the following changes have been made to this unit: ● ● ● ●

Re-sequencing of the chapters covered in the lecture Update of some of the case studies used in the seminars Update, and reduction of the unit assessment GLOs and ULOs. Reduction of assignment word limit.

If you have any concerns about the Unit during the trimester, please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early i trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.

Your Course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities:

appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession

GLO2 Communication: GLO3 Digital literacy:

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using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect c using technologies to find, use and disseminate information

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Deakin University, Faculty of Business a MMM343 Business Ethics - Trimester GLO4 Critical thinking:

evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

GLO5 Problem solving:

creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems

GLO6 Self-management:

working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions

GLO7 Teamwork:

working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds

GLO8 Global citizenship:

engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context

Each Deakin course has Course Learning Outcomes which explain what the Deakin Learning Outcomes mean in your discipline. Learning in each unit builds towards the Course Learning Outcomes.

Your Unit Learning Outcomes

Each Unit in your course is a building block towards these Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all Units develop and asse every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit At the completion of this Unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcom

Demonstrate an awareness of the role that ethical issues play in business ULO1 life; in particular business policy/procedure formulation and its implementation.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowled capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO2 Articulate and discuss the principles of business ethics.

GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Articulate an understanding of the contextual issues surrounding business ethics in different societies nationally and internationally.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowled capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Rationalise and argue for their perceptions of each concept in a manner that highlights an objective understanding of the issues concerned.

GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving

ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES Overview In brief, these are the assessment tasks for this Unit (details below):

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Written Assignment (3,000 words) - 50% Examination (2 hours) - 50%

There is no hurdle requirement for this unit.

Summative assessment

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