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Module Title	Business and Professional Ethics
Module Code	AC402
School	DCUBS
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Module Co-ordinator	Ms Brid Murphy	Office Number	Q155
Level	4	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the role that business and professional ethics have in our current environment. Students participating in this module will develop an understanding of the role that ethics has in business and professional work. The students will be exposed to the skills necessary to critically analyse the impact of ethics in the current business environment.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. Identify the relevance and practical application of business and professional ethics in the working world.

2. Describe the ethical issues that arise when examining both corporate social responsibility and corporate governance.

3. Identify the main ethical issues that relate to both the natural environment and information technology.

4. Recognise the role business and professional ethics has in financial reporting.

5. Illustrate an awareness of the ethical issues arising in international business.

6. Appraise ethical issues and propose solutions to these issues.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	24
Tutorials
Laboratories
Seminars	51
Independent Learning Time	0

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

The theoretical foundation that supports ethical decision making.

Current issues in business ethics.

Professional ethics.

Ethical issues and corporate social responsibility.

Ethical issues and corporate governance.

The ethical challenges of addressing natural environmental issues.

Ethical issues that relate to information technology.

The role of ethics in strategic planning and corporate culture.

Ethical issues in financial reporting.

Ethical issues in international business.