Module Details

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Title ADVANCED APPLIED ETHICS
Code MNGT608
Coordinator Dr SP Edwardson
Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Eng
S.P.Edwardson@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 5

Aims

To explore and discuss ethical issues and their resolution at an organisational level.


Learning Outcomes

An understanding of the context of senior leadership and management, its interaction with ethics & business considerations and routes to implementing leadership and management approaches that are ethically and economically well-founded.


Syllabus

The context of senior leadership and management and its interaction with ethics & business considerations.

Moral judgments. Moral responsibility.
Justice Applications. 
Resource allocation. 
Risk and business constraints. 
Dealing with different ethical systems. 
Corporate social responsibility. 
Sustainability. 
Corporate governance. 
Work-life balance. 
Purpose,. People, planet & probity.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - Review of pre-session learning

Group-work - Working together to explore new learning with a tutor.

Role Play - Role play exercise to explore the practical application of ethics.

Formative Feedback (e.g. peer, revision sessions) - Feedback from a tutor on individual performance


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 2
Review of pre-session learning
        2
Working together to explore new learning with a tutor.
2
Role play exercise to explore the practical application of ethics.
1
Feedback from a tutor on individual performance
7
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 43
TOTAL HOURS 50

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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% of
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opportunity
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Coursework  1500 words  Post-session  100  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Reflective essay on leadership and ethics Notes (applying to all assessments) - none 

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