MMH733 - Ethical Decision Making in Organisations
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Achinto Roy |
| Previously: | Ethics and Corporate Sustainability |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar each week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar each week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit aims to develop student’s abilities to analyse the complex, ethically and politically charged, nature of managerial work and its impact on Corporate Sustainability; differentiate between the multiple responsibilities managers have towards different local and global stakeholders; and evaluate the ways in which management seeks to discharge these responsibilities in an ethically sustainable manner.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Analyse the ethically and politically charged nature of managerial work arising from responsibilities towards diverse stakeholder groups. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Propose and evaluate managerial responses to complex ethical and sustainability issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Develop a knowledge and capacity to manage in a sustainable, socially responsible and ethical manner. | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Business) | 1000 words | 20% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Business) | 2000 words | 40% | Week 8 |
| End-of-unit assessment task: Written | 2000 words | 40% | End-of-unit assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MMH733 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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