Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Workshop
Module Offerings
6403NATSCI-JAN-MTP
Aims
The aims of this module are for students to develop an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of ethical decision making in a global business environment and to appreciate the impact of global business on host nations. It aims to introduce contemporary issues facing business in order that students may incorporate ethical, environmental and socially responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Prepare the responsibility profile of a specific corporation.
2.
Critically analyse the cultural, social, political, and personal dimensions of ethics within a global business environment.
3.
Outline a strategy for organisational change towards a CSR approach.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Altruism; Philanthropy
Moral and Cultural Relativism
Ethical theory
Ethical Decision Making
Role Conflict within personal and professional ethics
Definition of Environmental and Social Responsibility
Models of Environmental and Social Responsibility
Stakeholder Management
Enlightened Self Interest
Sustainability
Strategic Issues in Social Responsibility – Workplace, Community, Marketplace, Environment
Role of Multinational Corporation - Home/Host; Fair Trade.
Notion of the Social Contract
Module Overview:
This module enables you to develop an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of ethical decision making in a global business environment and to appreciate the impact of global business on host nations. It introduces you to contemporary issues facing business in order that you may incorporate ethical, environmental and socially responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
This module enables you to develop an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of ethical decision making in a global business environment and to appreciate the impact of global business on host nations. It introduces you to contemporary issues facing business in order that you may incorporate ethical, environmental and socially responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
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