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Business Ethics-s

71203

  • Level 6
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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This online course will help you develop your ability to identify ethical issues in business situations. You will be able to critically discuss these issues, with a view to developing and communicating justification for ethical decisions in these situations.

When you complete this online course you will be able to:

  • analyse particular business situations using ethical theories to generate recommendations for action
  • develop reasoned arguments to support positions on topical ethical issues in business
  • identify and discuss the nature of ethical inquiry and the nature of ethical justification with regard to business issues and situations
  • explain the positions of some major ethical theories and illustrate a critical understanding of these approaches using examples drawn from business situations
  • apply some major ethical theories to evaluate the ethical acceptability of actions in business situations 
  • critically discuss topical ethical issues in business.

Assessment

Assessment for this course is:

  • 60% internally assessed
  • 40% examination.

For more information, including and a full list of exam times see our examinations page.

Exam dates and venue information

Assessment for this course includes an examination

Open Polytechnic will, subject to you meeting the entry requirements for this course/programme, enrol you in this course.

Your enrolment in the course means that you should expect to complete an in-person examination.

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Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

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If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.

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