Division of Business
School of Management
School of Management
The summer school in Study period 1 will run with a 1-week intensive workshop. This will include lectures and tutorial sessions, and time to work on assignments 1 and 2
There is a case study 20%, a class debate 25%, a written assignment - reflective journal, essay or report - 25% and an exam 30% which consists of a case study, an ethics memo and some short answer questions. The requirement is to obtain 50% in total.
Students will work on the case study during the intensive workshop, and it will be due on the following Monday. The first stage of the debate will occur during the workshop, and this will continue online for the two weeks after the workshop. Assignment 3 will be due about 4 weeks after the debate, and certainly before SP2 begins.
Yes. The exam is worth 30 marks and has three parts. Part A is a case study, similar to those included in assignment 1 and in the tutorial exercises; 15 marks. Part B is an ethics memo or email which tests the skills developed and practiced in the debate; 7 marks. Part C requires an answer to 4 out of 6 short answer questions; 12 questions from which the 6 are taken will be distributed in class ahead of the exam; 8 marks
For on-campus students, the course has a 1 hour lecture and 2 hour tutorial period in the first half of the semester, and after the mid-semester break there is a 1-hour tutorial and 2-hour period in the large lecture room including lectures, visiting speakers and workshops. On-campus students need to enroll for the lecture and one 2-hour tutorial.
There is a full range of materials available on line, and a tutor is allocated to the off-campus class. The results obtained by off-campus students, has on average been at least as high as that obtained by the on-campus class.
There is a slight difference in assignment 2. On campus this is a debate in class, off-campus this assignment requires the posting of items to a discussion board. Apart from that there are no differences in assessment
Yes. It is a practical course with a sound conceptual basis. It has lectures and tutorials (and a well supported off-campus group). IMEV aims to acquaint students with significant examples of issues and dilemmas in business ethics and values, together with their theoretical context, their international dimensions and possible ways of dealing with them.
In Adelaide, the course is only available in Study Periods 1 & 5. Any references on the home page to other study periods are for offshore courses.
For many years Laura Hartman's 'Perspectives on business ethics' has been the text. During 2006 the text changed in all locations to Fisher & Lovell 'Business ethics and values'. Fisher & Lovell supports the course quite strongly. Many cases for discussion during the course will be taken from it. Hartman is essentially a book of readings, and it remains a useful business ethics book.
