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Describe and assess the key trends that impact on the contemporary relationship between business and society.
Explore a range of topical social, environmental and ethical issues and analyse the role of business within these topics.
Understand and apply various theoretical approaches to morality and ethics within a business contexts.
Display critical thinking skills in written assessment, and construct an argument based on a wide reading of relevant academic literature.
Work independently as an undergraduate scholar, including reading and engaging with a wide range of academic sources
Approaches to Business in Society: Market Capitalism, Stakeholder Model, Regulatory Pluralism, Dominance Model.
Regulating Capitalism: Historical swings between market capitalism and regulatory pluralism.
The stakeholder model and corporate social responsibility.
Theories of ethics.
Climate change and environmental sustainability.
Supply chain sustainability.
Human sustainability.
Diversity and sustainability.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 40 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 5 |
Total | 107 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): End of Semester, closed-book examination covering all material in the module. | End of trimester Duration: 2 hr(s) |
Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
No |
Group Work Assignment: Group Assignment: Formal group debate in tutorials. | Week 6, Week 8, Week 10 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
No |
Participation in Learning Activities: Contribution to debate discussion in tutorials. | Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 8 |
No |
Quizzes/Short Exercises: MCQ on Using the library | Week 3 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 2 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
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• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
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