Ethics Subject Outline

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University of Wales The Turning Point

MAF3 - Ethics, CorporateCitizenship & Sustainability

Subject OutlineThe Turning Point

January 2009

Credit Points: 10

Lecturer: Raymon KrishnanEmail: [email protected]

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Table of Contents

Section 1: General Information................................................................................31.1 Lecture Time & Location............................................................................3

1.2 Brief Outline..............................................................................................31.3 Aims...........................................................................................................41.4 Learning Outcomes...................................................................................41.5 Attendance................................................................................................41.6 Required Texts & Readings.......................................................................51.7 Supplementary Reading............................................................................5

Recommended Journals.......................................................................................................5

1.8 Course Schedule........................................................................................61.9 Web References........................................................................................71.10 Policies on Educational Issues and Student matters...............................71.11 Assessments............................................................................................7

1.12 Submission Dates & Method....................................................................8Section 2: Assessment.............................................................................................9

2.1 Grades Awarded........................................................................................92.2 Satisfactory Completion Requirements of this Subject............................102.3 Assessment Weight.................................................................................102.4 Assessments............................................................................................10

Assignment Guidelines......................................................................................................10

2.5 Examination Information.........................................................................112.6 Google Groups.........................................................................................122.7 Assignment Submission...........................................................................17

Section 3: Citation & Plagiarism.............................................................................22

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SECTION 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 Lecture Time & Location

This subject will be taught over 2 weekends, plus have scheduled weekendmeetings to assist with project research and discussion.

30th Jan 2009 Friday 1900 2200 hrs31st Jan 2009 Saturday 1400 1800 hrs

13th Feb 2009 Friday 1900 - 2200 hrs14th Feb 2009 Saturday 1400 1700 hrs

21st

Mar 2009 Saturday 1400 1700 hrs EXAMINATION

1.2 Brief Outline

In today's business environment, the concepts of ethics, corporate citizenship,social responsibility and sustainability are as important as profitability, balancesheets and productivity. Students will be asked to review and access differentprocesses of good ethical processes affecting business organisations, compareand contrast current international accepted ethical business practices of US

companies, UK companies and Singaporean companies. This course aims to instillin students an understanding that governance issues and influences includes bestpractices derived from business ethics that impinge on the economic, financial,managerial and environmental aspects of management. It will be important forstudents in today's business environment to be aware of how sustainablebusiness practices based on ethical practices and corporate citizenship modelscan be developed and contribute to an organisation's profile and profitability.

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1.3 Aims

Developing an understanding of the underlying concepts of ethics, corporatecitizenship, social responsibility and sustainability.

Review and access different processes of good ethical processes affectingbusiness organizations.

Compare and contrast current international accepted ethical business practicesof US companies, UK companies, SEA companies.

Instill into students an understanding that governance issues and influencesincludes best practices derived from business ethics that impinge on theeconomic, financial, managerial and environmental aspects of management.

Assist students to be aware of how sustainable business practices based onethical practices and corporate citizenship models can be developed.

1.4 Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, the candidates will be able to:

1. Explain and analyse the theoretical and practical basis of values systems thatcould permeate in business practices.

2. Critically evaluate ways for ethical practices to be embedded in organisations sothat corrupt practices can be avoided.

3. Explain and evaluate sustainable business models based on ethical practices and

corporate citizenship models can be developed.4. Explain and assess the role of agency relations play in corporate governance

perspective of a corporation driven by the board of directors.

5. Apply practical ethical guidelines in their workplace and to develop critical leadersdirection in determining strategies to address ethical issues in their organisation.

6. Evaluate and choose appropriate course of actions that would help improvecorporate citizenship and social responsibility in their organisations.

1.5 AttendanceAttendance is strongly recommended in order for students to be able tosatisfactorily attempt the final examination. Students are required to sign in theirattendance for every lecture attended.

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1.6 Required Texts & Readings

Name of Author/s Title and Edition Name of Publisher PublicationYear

Tom L. Beauchamp,Norman Bowie, DenisArnold

Ethical Theory andBusiness (8th Edition)

Prentice Hall 2008

1.7 Supplementary Reading

Name of Author/s Title and Edition Name of Publisher Publication Year

Brown, M. T. Corporate Integrity:RethinkingOrganizational Ethicsand Leadership

CambridgeUniversityPress

2005

Velasquez, M.G Business Ethics:

Concepts and Cases(5th Edition)

Prentice Hall 2001

Brenkert, G. Corporate Integrityand Accountability

Sage Publications 2004

Donalson, T,Werhane, P.H. andCording, M

Ethical Issues InBusiness: APhilosophicalApproach, 8th ed.

Prentice Hall 2007

Ferrell, O. C. Ethics: EthicalDecision Making andCases, (6th Edition)

Houghtom Mifflin 2004

Galea, C. Teaching BusinessSustainability: From

Theory to Practice

Greenleaf Publishing 2004

Hoffman, W. M. &Frederick, R.E.,Schwartz, M.

Business Ethics:Readings and Casesin CorporateMorality, (4th Edition)

McGraw Hill 2000

Shaw, W.H. Ethics at Work: BasicReadings in BusinessEthics

Oxford UniversityPress

2002

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Name of Author/s Title and Edition Name of Publisher Publication Year

Trevino, L.K., Nelson,K.A.

Managing BusinessEthics: Straight TalkAbout How To Do ItRight, 4th ed.

Wiley 2006

Velasquez, M.G Business Ethics:Concepts and Cases(5th Edition)

Prentice Hall 2001

Wieland, J. Standards and Auditsfor EthicsManagementSystems: TheEuropeanPerspective

Springer 2003

Supplementary Journals & Websites

Business Ethics Quarterly JournalBusiness Ethics: A European Review

Journal of Business EthicsWorld Business Council for Sustainability Development [http://www.wbcsd.ch/]Business for Social Responsibility [http://www.bsr.org]Directors and Boards Journal

Journal of Financial Economics

1.8 Course Schedule

The following schedule covers materials to be addressed over the weekendsessions.

Students are advised that they should seek to cover as much of the material aspossible prior to attending each of the weekends.

Weekend Dates Indicative Content

1 30th Jan 200931st Jan 200901st Feb 2009

TBA

2 13th Feb 200914th Feb 200915th Feb 2009

TBA

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1.9 Web References

It is expected that students will make good use of the online materialsthat are now available from a myriad of organisations on the world-wide-web. The following are a list of predominant organisations whose

web sites will provide material most a appropriate to this module.

Http://www.wales.ac.uk/ University of Wales

http://www.economist.com/ The Economist

http://www.forbes.com/ Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/ Forbes Asia

http://www.agsm.edu.au/~eajm/ Australian Journal of Management

http://www.springerlink.com/content/100281/ Journal of Business Ethics

http://www.businessweek.com/ Business Week

http://www.obmnetwork.com/resources/JOBM/ Journal of Organizational BehaviorManagement

http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/jocm.html Journal of Organizational ChangeManagement

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/ MIT Sloan Management Review

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622929/description#description

Organizational Behavior & HumanDecision Processes

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/index.jsp

Harvard Business Review

1.10 Policies on Educational Issues and Student matters

Please refer to the student handbook available from the University ofWales Website.

1.11 Assessments

All assignments are expected to be the original work of students. Eachassignment should give details of references used and all quotationsshould be clearly attributed to their source. Although group

preparation is encouraged it should be noted that collusion andplagiarism will not be tolerated and will be subjected to severepenalties.

If you do not understand the above statement, please consultyour lecturer.

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1.12 Submission Dates & Method

Assignments should be submitted to the office and not directly to thelecturer. A completed Assignment Submission Cover (see attached)

should accompany each assignment. The centre will set deadlines forsubmission of assignments and students must adhere to this deadline.Assignments received one week after the deadline will be markedLate submission and 5% of marks apportioned to the assignmentwill be deducted. Assignments submitted later than a week after thedeadline will be deemed as a fail. Submission of assignments iscompulsory: you cannot pass a module unless you have completedthe assignments.

Submission of an assignment is considered to be final. A student is notentitled to revise an unsatisfactory assignment and may only re-

submit an assignment when the Examination Board gives permissionto do so. The assignment mark provides part of the composite subjectmark upon which the award of MBA is based and the submission ofassignments should be treated as part of the final assessment and asa formal process.

Submission is to be through the online submission site Turnitin (http://submit.ac.uk). Information on submitting assignments electronically isavailable at the end of this outline.

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SECTION 2: ASSESSMENT

2.1 Grades Awarded

The approved grades of performance and associated ranges of marks this subjectis:

A Grade:To be awarded a Grade A you must provide evidence of wide reading ofrelevant literature, exercising discernment in the selection of appropriatequotations and evidence to support your work. The use of appropriate models andconcepts should be accurate and demonstrate depth of understanding andcreative application to the subject companies. Your work should be logical andcoherent, presented in an interesting and accessible style. By definition A Gradework is of an exceptional standard.

B Grade:To be awarded a Grade B you must provide evidence of wide reading ofrelevant literature, selecting appropriate quotations and evidence to support yourwork. The use of appropriate models and concepts should be accurate anddemonstrate understanding and application to the subject companies. Your workshould be logical and presented in an interesting and accessible style. Work in theG Grades can be generally defined as very good.

C Grade:To be awarded a Grade C you must demonstrate that you haveundertaken a review of relevant literature and that you have used the informationto illustrate your answer. You should clearly demonstrate your ability to apply the

key theories and concepts to the given circumstances. Your work should belogical, correctly referenced and convincing. Work in the C range can generally bedescribed as average.

D Grade:To be awarded a Grade D you must demonstrate that you haveundertaken a review of relevant literature. You should attempt to apply relevantmodels and concepts to the given circumstances. Work in the D range is amarginal pass.

E Grade: An E Grade is a marginal fail. Your work may be similar to the

description of C grade, but failing to meet the objectives of the assignment andnot satisfying the learning outcomes. Work not properly referenced.

F Grade:This is a clear fail. Inadequate literature review, not properlyreferenced. Limited attempt to apply models and concepts to circumstancesand/or inaccurate application. General failure to meet the objectives of theassignment and not satisfying the learning outcomes. Work not properlyreferenced.

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2.2 Satisfactory Completion Requirements of this Subject

In order to satisfactorily complete the requirements of this subject, the studentmust achieve an aggregate mark of at least 40% for the subject, and achieve amark of at least 60 % in the final examination. Students must reasonably

complete all assessment components other than the final examination and submitby the final week of session/ intake or by the final examination date (whichever isearlier) in order to pass the subject. Reasonable completion of an assessmentwill consider instructions given to the student including; word length,demonstration of research and analysis where required, University PlagiarismPolicy, and completion of each section/ component of the assessment. Failure toreasonably complete any assessment components to the standard specifiedabove will result in a Fail grade awarded for the subject. Assessment taskssubmitted after the due date may be penalized. Refer to Penalties for LateSubmission of Assessment policy.

2.3 Assessment Weight

Assessment Type Word Length Weight Due Date

1. IndividualAssignment

3000-3500 40% 23rd February, 2009

2. Examination - 60% 21st March 2009

2.4 Assessments

There are two pieces of assessment for this subject.

The assignment information is available in a separate handout.

Assignment Guidelines

Assessment of postgraduate assignments is based on postgraduate standards.This means that an assignment should demonstrate evidence of good

understanding of what the question asks. The structure of the answer should berelevant to the question and provide evidence of critical thinking and good use ofappropriate research material. Assignments should be correctly referenced usingthe Harvard System of Referencing and Citation of Electronic Sources in line withthe guidelines provided in this Outline.

The assignment is a paper is to be prepared in no more than +/- 10% of the wordcount indicated.

Please type wherever possible, using 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial.

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Please note: Any analysis and evaluation conducted should make appropriate useof the methodologies, concepts and frameworks studied in the module.

You are also encouraged to read other sources at your discretion.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Please see the guides to citation,referencing and plagiarism appended to this outline.

Students must retain a copy of all assessment work submitted. Marks will notusually be modified or scaled. Feedback on assessment tasks will be returned tostudents before the final examination date.

Although student attendance records will be kept, attendance or classparticipation will not be part of the assessment for this subject.

2.5 Examination InformationThere is an examination for this subject. It is scheduled for 21st March, 2009.

Please refer to the examination information as uploaded in your Google Group formore information.

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2.6 Google Groups

Additional information is made available to students from the school and yourlecturer through the use of Google Groups. This allows:

Files to be shared amongst everyone in the group Emails to be sent to everyone using a single email address

Please note that basic information about the requirements for citation andreferencing, information about examinations and other useful documents are alsoplaced in the group for your access.

When you commence each subject, you will be sent an email that will allow you toaccess the Google Group for that subject. A step-by-step guide on how to accessGoogle Groups follows.

STEP 1: Open the email(please check your spam box if you cannot see the email in your in box)

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Step 2: Sign in to the Google Group

If you are not signed in to a Google Account

Click on the 'sign in and apply for membership' as indicated above. This will allowyou to sign in to Google Accounts, Apply for a Google Account (if you don't alreadyhave one) and enter the group.

If you are already signed in to a Google Account

Refer to Step 4 you should be permitted to access the account automatically. Ifthis doesn't happen, then please click on 'Apply for membership'.

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Step 3: Sign into your Google Account

(1) If you already have a Google account, please sign in.

(2) If you do not have a Google account, please create one **

** Note that creating a Google Account DOES NOT automatically give you a newemail address. It just associates a Google Account with your existing emailaddress.

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Step 4: Set up how you want to participate in the group.

Our suggestions are below.

You MUST specify a nickname. Your name is probably a good idea.

Please note that you must click on 'Accept invitation' to access the group.

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Step 5: Access and Explore the online area of the group

Note the areas 1, 2 and 3 above which will have information for your reference.

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2.7 Assignment Submission

You are required to submit your assignment online through the website servicecalled Turn It In. Instructions are as follows.

STEP 1: You will receive an email like the one below.

Click on the link in the email: http://submit.ac.uk

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STEP 2: Enter the 'Turn It In UK' website

After you click on the link in the email, you will see the following web site (orsomething similar)

Click on [user login]

Use the username and password in the email to log in.

You will be prompted to change your password. Please do so and choose apassword that you will remember. Write it down somewhere just in case.

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STEP 3: Enter the class

Click on the class name for the assessment that you are going to submit.

STEP 4: Click on the 'Paper icon' with the green cross next to the nameof the assignment you will be submitting.

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Note you can click on the assignment title and you will view notes and otherinformation about the assignment.

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STEP 5: Upload the file to the system

Fill in the fields as requested, select the file using the browse button, and click on'SUBMIT':

Please note:

1. Note the yellow section which highlights the files that are acceptable.

2. Do not print and scan your assignment it will not be accepted by thesystem

3. Put all your assignment in a single file. Cut and paste spreadsheets intoWord documents or compile multiple PDF files into a single file to beuploaded altogether.

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STEP 6: Verify your submission

You will see the screen below, which will have a copy of your assignment printedout. Read your assignment AND VERIFY THAT IT IS ALL THERE. If it is OK, click on'yes, submit'.

If there is a problem, click on 'cancel, go back' and upload your file again.

The file types that will be accepted are: MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript,PDF, HTML, RTF, and plain text.

TROUBLESHOOTING TIP: If you have trouble submitting your file using MicrosoftWord, then use the cut and paste method. To do this, go back to Step 5 and

change the 'submit a paper by' to 'cut and paste' instead of 'file upload'.

FAQ: All I can see is the text. Does this mean that the marker will not see mycharts and tables?

Answer: The marker will see your file as you originally formatted it. This is just acheck to make sure all the text is picked up. There is no need to email yourassignment to the school.

STEP 7: Once your assignment has been submitted, your screen will showconfirmation of the submission and email you a digital receipt to confirm that yourassignment has been received by the system.

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You can check assignments that have been submitted by going back to theoriginal subject page.

FAQ: Oops! I just noticed that I left something out! Can I resubmit?

Answer: Yes you can resubmit as many times as you like without penalty upuntil the assignment due date and time.

FAQ: What is the green bar and the percentage that appears next to myassignment submission after a few minutes?

Answer: This is a similarity report and reports on the 'sameness' of similarity ofyour report when compared to other pages on the internet, other assignmentssubmitted by students around the world in the past, and scholarly articles andjournals. This is to assist you in making sure that you don't quote too much, thatyou paraphrase and cite correctly, and to ensure that you are not using too manywords from other sources. You should keep this percentage as low as possible.

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SECTION 3: CITATION & PLAGIARISM

Please see the attached guide from the University of Wales for information on howto avoid plagiarism and reference for your assignments.

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