MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
In this subject students explore the nature of ethics. Major ethical theories are studied and applied to a range of business issues, including corporate social responsibility, ethics in the workplace, and discrimination. The subject includes a study of organisational and diverse societal cultures, and an examination of Indigenous issues in Australia.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Sydney |
| Internal | Northern Sydney Institute |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Session 2 |
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Sydney |
| Internal | Canberra Inst. of Technology |
| Internal | Dubbo |
| Internal | Northern Sydney Institute |
| Internal | Port Macquarie |
| Internal | TAFE Griffith |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Session 3 |
| Internal | Port Macquarie |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MGT230
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to outline ethical theories in Western Moral Philosophy and apply them in organisational contexts to solve ethical dilemmas, as well as to design ethical policies and practices in dealing with staff, customers, suppliers and contractors
- be able to describe the issues and debates associated with the concept of corporate social responsibility
- be able to discuss the responsibility that business has to conduct its operations in a manner that does not threaten our environment
- be able to describe what constitutes a just society, and outline opposing arguments about justice and economic distribution
- be aware of indigenous cultures and describe the gaps between Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian populations;
- be able to use ethical theories to assess how successive Australian governments have treated the Indigenous population; and discuss how an understanding of ethics can assist in creating a more equitable society
- have developed an awareness of how their future actions as business professionals can affect society in positive and negative ways
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The nature of ethics, ethical theories in Western Moral Philosophy, and their use in dealing with ethical dilemmas in organisational contexts
- Issues and debates associated with the concept of corporate social responsibility
- The application of ethical principles within organisations, including areas such as advertising, marketing, consumer protection, relations with suppliers and contractors, and codes of practice
- Ethical issues in the workplace, including HRM policies, employers responsibilities, employee rights and duties, conflict of interest, theft and fraud, whistleblowing, and codes of professional ethics
- The application of ethical theories to cultural issues in national and international organisational contexts in areas such as cultural relativism, diversity, discrimination, sweat shops, child labour, corruption, and human rights.- Issues arising from cultural differences at organisational and societal levels
- Environmental and economic sustainability
- Historical policies such as the Aborigines Protection Act, the forcible removal of children and the assimilation policy and their current impact on equitable decision making in business
- Explore Australian human rights in the context of intervention in an International arena
- Indigenous issues including discrimination against Indigenous Australians, lack of opportunity, barriers to employment/ factors affecting employment, media stereotyping and debate about affirmative action programs
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.