PHILO318-23G (NET)

Ethics at Work

15 Points

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The University of Waikato
Academic Divisions
Division of Arts Law Psychology & Social Sciences
School of Social Sciences Office
Philosophy

Staff

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Convenor(s)

Lecturer(s)

Administrator(s)

: monique.mulder@waikato.ac.nz

Placement/WIL Coordinator(s)

Tutor(s)

Student Representative(s)

Lab Technician(s)

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: em.pooley@waikato.ac.nz

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What this paper is about

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This course is about how to work out what to do when ethical issues arise work. It's also about how to create and review workplace policies to minimise the occurrence of ethical problems at work. This is a work integrated learning course. The main assessments are tasks that you are likely to have to do in a real-life workplace or they are tasks set by a real-world workplace.
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How this paper will be taught

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This paper is taught fully online, through Moodle. But there are real people working in the background! Please email Dan.Weijers@waikato.ac.nz if you have questions about the course.
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Required Readings

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In this paper you will use electronic resources available through Moodle and the University Library at no cost to you.

Some material will be on Moodle, and some will be available through the Waikato Reading List.

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Apply understanding of ethical issues and arguments to current ethical problems
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  • Articulate and defend original arguments in support of ethical positions
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  • Communicate information, arguments, and analyses effectively
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  • Elucidate and analyse complex problems and concepts arising in the application of ethics to work-related contexts
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  • Think critically about ethical issues in a wide variety of professional settings Elucidate and analyse complex problems and concepts arising in the application of ethics to work-related contexts Articulate and defend original arguments in support of conte
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Assessments

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How you will be assessed

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The Moodle Lessons, Moodle Forums, and Quizzes collectively make up 40% of students' final grade for the course. A lot of the content learning and skill acquisition will occur while doing these activities. To encourage this learning, all of these activities are all assessed. But the assessment is relatively stress-free as long as students do the work. Each question in the Moodle Lessons is only worth a tiny amount and students are told what they need to know right before indicating they are ready for the question. In the Moodle Forums, students can continue posting until they have contributed enough to earn a good grade. For each Quiz there is a study guide that, if used, will mean students are completely prepared for all of the potential quiz questions before they start.

The two assignments collectively make up 60% of students' final grade for the course. The assignments give students the opportunity to demonstrate that they have achieved the real-world learning outcomes by doing and documenting an activity that they might be required to do in a real-world workplace.

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Lessons
10
  • Other:
2. Quizzes
15
  • Other:
3. Forum discussions
15
  • Online: Moodle Forum Discussion
4. Assignment 1: Workplace ethical dilemma
1 Dec 2023
11:00 PM
30
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
5. Assignment 2: Policy review
15 Dec 2023
11:00 PM
30
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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