Week	Lecture/Seminar
Week One	Introduction to the module, study guide and web site. Theoretical underpinning. Reading: Topic One in the Study Guide. See Theoretical and Ethics Lecture Download - An Overview of Some of the Issues in Business Ethics
Weeks Two & Three	Ethics and Management: An Introduction to Ethics, its questions and its relevance to management. What are the issues? Where does responsibility start and end? Maximise profits or behave as a good corporate citizen? Individual and Corporate Ethics. Video Case Study - Virgin Atlantic & BA Dirty Tricks Case. Reading: Topic One in the Study Guide. See Ethics and Ethics & the Individual; Chapters 1,3 and 4 in Weiss. Lecture Download - 1. An Overview of Some of the Issues in Business Ethics; 2. Virgin Atlantic & BA Dirty Tricks.
Week Four	Corporate Governance and Issues of and Role of the of the Board Maxwell and other cases - What are ethical and governance issues?  Should we be concerned? Why do we need regulators? Reading: Topic Two in the Study Guide Lecture Download - Corporate Governance
Week Five	Social Responsibility and Business Ethics. Ethics Models. Reading: Topic One See Ethics; Topic Three See Social Responsibility Lecture Download - Carroll Model
Week Six and Seven	Marketing Ethics.  Marketing and Society; Marketing Ethics could this be an Oxymoron? Is there such an individual as an ethical consumer? Role of Direct Action. The Huntingdon Life Sciences Case among others. Reading: Topic Three See Marketing Ethics in the Study Guide; See Chapter 5 in Weiss. Lecture Download - Marketing Ethics
Week Eight	Issues and Issues  Management. The Brent Spar Case. Reading: See Topic Four in the Study Guide; See Chapter 2 in Weiss - particularly Section 2.7 and see Case 5 - General Motors versus the Media. Lecture Download - 1. Managing Issues; 2. Brent Spar Case
Week Nine	Individual and group research for final presentations.  Go to Assignment Brief
Week Ten	Final Group Presentations.

Colin Clarke-Hill

March 2001

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