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MMM 343 T3 2021 WK 11 Overview & Revision-Updated
MMM 343 T3 2021 WK 11 Overview & Revision-Updated
Trimester 3 2021
Overview and Revision
Learning Objectives
• Demonstrate an awareness of the role that ethical issues
play in business life; in particular, business policy formulation
and implementation; management policy formulation, and
employee rights and obligations
• Articulate and discuss the principles of business ethics
• Articulate an understanding of the contextual issues
surrounding business ethics in different societies
• Demonstrate an understanding of business ethics through
the development of analytical, writing and problem-solving
skills
• Rationalise and argue for your perceptions of each concept
in a manner that highlights an objective understanding of the
issues concerned.
Exam
• 50% of your total mark
• 24 hours access from date and time of release on CloudDeakin
• 2 hours writing time (TIMED once you click on exam,
maximum 3 hours including download & uploading of
exam responses + reading time)
• Open book
• Based on two case studies which will be provided in the exam
document (not earlier)
• Exam timetable issues – contact Deakin Student Administration
team
• IT issues – contact Deakin IT help desk
• NO extensions of time are given for an exam
2 Case studies
• Ethics programs
• Requirements for ethics and compliance programs
• Codes of conduct/ ethics
• Ethics officers
• Importance of ethics training and communication
• Mistakes in designing and implementing an ethics
program
• Difference between an ethics and a social audit (ch 9)
• Benefits and challenges of ethics auditing (ch 9)
• The auditing process (ch 9)
Chapter 3 (full); chapter 6; chapter 12
• Recognising an ethical issue
• Importance of honesty; fairness and integrity in
business
• Ethical issues and business dilemmas
Abusive or intimidating Fraud (all types)
behaviour
Lying
Insider trading
Conflicts of interest
Intellectual-Property rights
Bribery Privacy issue
Corporate intelligence White collar crime (ch 6)
Discrimination Sustainability (ch 12)
Sexual harassment
Global environemtnal
Misuse of company time &
resources
issues (ch 12)
Chapter 10 (full); chapter 12
• Figure 5.1
• Decision making factors
• Individual: Education; Gender; Nationality; Age;
Locus of control
• Organisational: Culture; Significant others;
Obedience to authority; Opportunity
• Normative values: Political, Economic, Social
• John Rawls and veil of Ignorance
Chapter 6
• Moral philosophies
• Goodness – Instrumental and Intrinsic
• Teleology (Egoism; Utilitarianism)
• Deontology
• Relativism
• Virtue ethics
• Justice