MM383: Global Ethics for International Management

Module code: MM383

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: 6

When you'll be taught: Semester 2

Module convenor: Dr Adeyinka Adewale, email: adeyinka.adewale@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: Yes

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 19 November 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module aims to develop students’ awareness of global approaches to ethics. It encourages a critical understanding of the key approaches to ethics and ethical theories from different cultural and national contexts through their application to key global issues in the relationships between business and society. It is practically applied to relations involving business and broader stakeholders in international business and management contexts with a focus on ethical complexities in international management. It will present how to apply different ethical perspectives, concepts and concerns in evaluating business, government and societal problems and alternative pathways of action. Using a combination of ethical theory and case study analysis, the module aims to enable students to analyse ethical challenges that corporate decision-makers face in doing business.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. A critical and refined understanding of key normative approaches and theories of global ethics.
2. A higher-level understanding of what is meant by the notion of the good and how “value” is captured by various normative philosophies.
3. A more confident capacity for applying ethical theory for critical evaluation, decision making and debates of alternative actions in the contexts of international business, government and society.

Module content

• Globalisation and Ethics: Doing the ‘Right’ Thing
• Consequentialism and Duty
• Business and the Ethics of Sustainability
• Rights, Equality and Justice
• Global Perspectives of Virtue Ethics
• Ethical Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
• Businesses as Moral Communities
• International Business and Politics

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module will be taught through a two-hour lecture session each week, combining elements of lectures, and case analysis via teaching, debates and class discussion. There will also be tutorial sessions with specific topics/case studies for discussion and learning methods involving teamwork and peer learning.

Study hours

At least 24 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students must achieve an overal module mark of 40% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Case study analysis during seminars.

Reassessment

Additional costs