| CODE | MRT5170 | ||||||
| TITLE | Ethical Concepts, Theories and Practice | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will seek to improve the understanding of basic moral concepts such as trust, fairness, rights, duties, good and bad, right and wrong, virtue and vice, agents and actions. The notion of justice will be given central importance with the investigation of competing conceptions of justice and their application to business policy and practice. The course will also investigate the way in which decision-making can take place in the light of key ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Contractarianism, and Virtue ethics. Study-unit Aims This study unit aims to introduce the moral concepts and theories that are required to tackle problems related to ethical business practices and to develop the necessary skills for moral reasoning. These will include key ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Contractarianism, and Virtue ethics. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - comprehend the major ethical theories used in ethical argumentation - understand basic moral concepts such as trust, fairness, rights, duties, good and bad, right and wrong, virtue and vice, agents and actions with special reference to the notion of justice and its application to business policy and practice. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop the necessary skills for moral reasoning in the context of the moral concepts and theories that are required in business practice. - foster the capacity to evaluate an ethical argument and the presuppositions it makes - argue for a moral position using ethical concepts. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Chryssides George D - John H Kaler, An Introduction to Business Ethics, London: International Thomson Business 2002. - Crane A - Matten D, Business Ethics, Oxford University Press 2004. - DeGeorge Richard, Business Ethics, 2006. - Frederick RE, A Companion to Business Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2002. - Grace D - Cohen S, Business Ethics: Problems and Cases, Oxford: OUP 2005. - Trevińo L - Nelson KA, Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about how to Do it Right, Hoboken 2004. - Velasquez MG, Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall 2006. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite qualifications: A good undergraduate degree or equivalent professional qualification. | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | David Cortis Mark Sultana |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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