Courses & Units

Managerial Social Responsibility BMA250

Introduction

Sound and effective management and leadership require not only financial and technical expertise but also ethical competency. This unit provides a focus on ethical decision-making, and in particular introduces a series of frameworks for discerning what is right and wrong in important areas of business practice. Ethical competency is the ability to, a) perceive the ethical implications of a situation, b) engage in sound ethical reasoning, and c) develop sustainable problem-solving strategies.

Summary

Unit name	Managerial Social Responsibility
Unit code	BMA250
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Management
Coordinator	Doctor Mark Wickham
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania and Third Party(ies): ECA\|Universal College of Higher Education Hong Kong
Level	Intermediate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1	On-Campus		International	Domestic
Launceston	Accelerated Study Period 1	On-Campus		International	Domestic
Cradle Coast	Accelerated Study Period 1	On-Campus		International	Domestic
Online	Semester 1		Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Online	Accelerated Study Period 1		Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Hong Kong Universal Ed	Semester 1	On-Campus		International

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

Note

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Accelerated Study Period 1	5/2/2024	28/2/2024	21/3/2024	5/5/2024
Semester 1	26/2/2024	22/3/2024	15/4/2024	2/6/2024

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2024 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2024 will be available from the 1st October 2023. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Describe theories and concepts of ethical reasoning
Explain the ethical issues of relevance to a business context
Apply ethical reasoning to make evidence-based management decisions
Communicate complex ethical analyses and judgements using a team-based approach

Fee Information

The 2024 Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) rates are still being finalised by the Government and we will update the domestic fee information as soon as we have more details.

Requisites

Prerequisites

1 x introductory level, or higher, unit

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

BMA350, BMA391-A, BMA291-A, BAA310

Teaching

Assessment	Live Case Analysis (30%)\|Team Case Analyses x 2 (30%)\|Capstone Assessment (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	There is no prescribed text for this unit. See MyLO for access to the required readings in this unit.
Recommended	Carroll, AB, Brown J & Bocholtz, AK 2017, Business and society: Ethics and stakeholder management, 10th ed., Cengage, Stamford. Crane, D, Matten, D, Glozer, s & Spence, L 2019, Business ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, UK. De George, RT 2013, Business ethics, International ed., Pearson, UK. Hartman, LP, DesJardins, JR & McDonald, C 2017, Business ethics: Decision making for personal integrity & social responsibility 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, Sydney. Kofman, P & Paine C 2018, A matter of trust: The practice of ethics in finance, Melbourne University Press, Victoria. Shaw, WH, Barry, V, Issa, T, Catley, B & Muntean, D 2016. Moral issues in business, 3rd ed., Cengage, Victoria.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

Required

There is no prescribed text for this unit. See MyLO for access to the required readings in this unit.

Recommended

Carroll, AB, Brown J & Bocholtz, AK 2017, Business and society: Ethics and stakeholder management, 10th ed., Cengage, Stamford.

Crane, D, Matten, D, Glozer, s & Spence, L 2019, Business ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, UK.

De George, RT 2013, Business ethics, International ed., Pearson, UK.

Hartman, LP, DesJardins, JR & McDonald, C 2017, Business ethics: Decision making for personal integrity & social responsibility 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, Sydney.

Kofman, P & Paine C 2018, A matter of trust: The practice of ethics in finance, Melbourne University Press, Victoria.

Shaw, WH, Barry, V, Issa, T, Catley, B & Muntean, D 2016. Moral issues in business, 3rd ed., Cengage, Victoria.

Links

Booktopia textbook finder

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