
- UCAS course code
- N202
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BSc Management (Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship) with Industrial / Professional Experience
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Ethical Business
Unit code | BMAN24261 |
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Credit rating | 20 |
Unit level | Level 2 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This course gives students a critical perspective on the behaviours of corporations and other organizations. The ethical/unethical behaviours of organisations are understood in the context of social and economic change, particularly the evolution of globalization. To help achieve this, the course covers a multiplicity of examples from the academic literature and from the lecturer’s own research.
Pre/co-requisites
Available as option for BSc Mgt/Mgt Specialism, IM and IMABS. Core for BSc Management with SEB Specialism.
Aims
The main objective is to make students aware of key issues around ethical and unethical behaviours in the management of modern work organizations. The focus is on how organizations seek to change, evolve and develop. The course aims to impart a critical perspective on issues such as control, change, conflict and power. In so doing the course builds upon many of the theories and concepts which students encounter in their first year. A key objective of the course is for students to understand organizational behaviour and change in a ‘real world’ context and to be able to apply in practice core methods of business ethics and sustainability.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the unit students should have acquired awareness of how corporations and contemporary organizations seek to manage their workforce and their physical, social and political environments in a number of ways. You will gain knowledge about some of the non-mainstream elements of organizational life, including organizational misbehaviour and corporate crime.
Syllabus
Lectures in this module may cover topics such as:
• Normative ethics
• Ethical decision-making
• Individual and organisational factors influencing ethics
• The ethics of organisational leadership
• Sustainability
• Globalisation and international issues
• Stakeholder theory
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching is organised into 11 lectures and 3 practical workshops.
Lectures: 11x2 hours per week
Applied workshops: 1 x 3hrs, 2 x 2.5 hours
Total study hours: 200 hours split between lectures, classes, reading and research, and preparation for classes and coursework.
Assessment methods
The course is assessed by an applied project and a group presentation thus:
• Applied project report of business ethics and sustainability 80% - (ILO: Applied - Test of ability to apply knowledge of business ethics to analyse and interpret organisational ethical problems and suggest solutions)
• Group presentation, 20% (ILO: Conceptual - Demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of key concepts of ethical business)
Feedback methods
Formative assessment/Feedback is by way of lecture and workshop participation and supported collaborative learning.
Recommended reading
Core textbooks:
The two core textbooks for this course are:
- Crane, A., & Matten, D. (2015). Business ethics (4th ed.). Oxford: OUP Oxford. Note: Both the 3rd and 4th editions are acceptable
- Ferrell, O., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2018). Business Ethics: Ethical decision making & cases (12th ed.). Boston, MA: CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing.
- Note: Both 11th and 12th editions are acceptable
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 22 |
Seminars | 8 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 170 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Andra Toader | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Dependent courses: None
Programme Restrictions: BSc Management and Management (Specialisms), BSc International Management with American Business Studies, and BSc International Management.
Core: BSc Management (Sustainable & Ethical Business)
BMAN24261 is available to study abroad and exchange students admitted through the University of Manchester’s International Programmes Office
For Academic Year 2023/24
Updated: March 2023
Approved by: March UG Committee