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PHL264: Business and Professional Ethics
The unit provides students with an introduction to some of the main ethical issues raised by the activities of the business and corporate sphere, both in relation to the societies and environments within which they operate, and in relation to individuals employed within corporations. This unit examines and challenges that view by examining ehtical dimensions of business practice. The business ethics section explores the role of ethical principles and ethical reasoning in business, focusing on the differences between ethical reasoning and self-interest and between ethical obligations and legal requirements. We examine difference views on corporate social responsibility, accountability and the obligations of corporations to shareholders and stakeholders, and disucss why issues of justice should be of concern to business. The professional ethics section of the unit focuses on the obligations of corporations towards their employees and on the rights and obligations of employees. We explore labour relations and responsibilities to ensure good working conditions for employees, focusing on discrimination and affirmative action. We examine the role of codes of conduct within professions and organisations and consider why trustworthiness is so important in business and professional life.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Cynthia Townley |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp or admission to GDipPhil |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | PHIL263, PHIL264, PHIL364, PHL364, PHI230 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Philosophy |
| People or Planet: | People |
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