| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, Semester 2, Trimester 1, Trimester 3, non-standard teaching period, offshore teaching period (see Timetable) |
| Content |
The impact of globalisation, constant change, technological advances, sustainability and the importance of values in society are some of the mega-trends contributing to the changing definition of an organisation’s ‘bottom line’. Increasingly, effective leaders and organisations understand that ethics are an integral component of sound business and organisational functioning.
All facets of this unit ensure that students are better placed and prepared to respond ethically as organisational members to such mega-trends. The unit is based on the belief that managers at all levels require specific knowledge, skills and abilities to identify and effectively respond to ethical challenges. The focus is on equipping students to make better decisions, as individuals and as practising managers. This element is supported through the adoption of the Giving Voice to Values curriculum as taught in many of the world’s top Business Schools.
Regardless of setting, participants in the unit are well positioned to appropriately serve both the goals of organisations and the needs of society and the environment both in the short and long run, giving all consideration to the ethical challenges in question. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Manila, Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Outline | http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/students/outlines/postgrad |
| Unit web page |
http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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