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Corporate Governance, Law and Ethics
UoS Code CLAW6028
Credit points 6
Offered Semester 1
Prerequisites CLAW5001
Corequisites
Prohibitions ECOF6110, WORK6033
Assumed Knowledge
Additional Information
Lectures 3hrs per week
Assessment Seminar presentation; Case study; Research paper; Final examination
Description This unit explores the relationship between business law and ethical reasoning and action in contemporary corporate governance. The unit examines professional practice with particular emphasis upon the accounting profession. As well as equipping students with an understanding of current legal requirements regarding business and professional conduct, the unit endeavours both to sensitise students to the range of ethical issues that todays managers and business professionals may face, and to provide a range of ethical frameworks that may assist them in addressing and resolving ethical conflicts. Students will have the opportunity to think critically about the underlying principles and assumptions that are the foundation of ethics in business and the professions. The unit uses case studies to examine legal and ethical problems and decisions in key fields of business and professional practice including: corporate governance, auditing and accounting, marketing and advertising, and information technology. Particular attention is also paid to the legal and ethical dimensions of corporate failure, and corporate social responsibility and sustainability.