BSB250 Business Citizenship
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| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Antirequisite(s): | BSB151 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Online
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
| Coordinators: | Gavin Nicholson | g.nicholson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2027, Online
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment
Unit Outline: Summer 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment
Unit Outline: Summer 2027, Online
| Unit code: | BSB250 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 60 cp of completed business studies or enrolment in KCBXMJR-MEDENT Media Entrepreneurship |
| Anti-requisite: | BSB151 |
Overview
This unit acts as a bridge to the introductory aspects of business education to the more complex issues involved in operating a business ethically and effectively. It explores how corporate citizenship requires a company to respond to a set of inter-related expectations arising at the individual, national and global levels. You will extend your understanding of ethics developed in foundational units by reflecting on your personal approaches to ethical dilemmas. At the national level, the unit explores core principles of the legal framework within which corporations operate, including key rights and responsibilities. From a global view, you will explore different perspectives on corporate social responsibility and grapple with the difficulty of balancing conflicting expectations of stakeholders through application of the UN sustainability development goals. As a result, you will develop a greater appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in complex decision-making.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply legal knowledge and reasoning skills to analyse and respond to problems across a range of topics in business law. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1]
- Identify and analyse how different contexts, and other perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. [SE 5.1, SE 5.2]
- Articulate personal and professional values and reflect on their contribution to making moral decisions, acting ethically and effective leadership. [TS 4.1, SE 5.1]
- Evaluate and judge the extent to which business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. [HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Exercise critical information literacy by selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating persuasive arguments, and creatively communicating complex ideas. [HO 2.1]
Content
This unit will extend your business knowledge and skills developed in earlier units to more complex, global business problems, and introduce you to:
- frameworks for understanding complex business issues, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business
- citizenship and ethics at the individual, national and global level
- approaches for selecting appropriate evidence, synthesising content, formulating responses, and creatively communicating complex ideas.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in problem- and case-based activities designed to assist you to develop key skills that are relevant to all business careers. You will investigate how socially responsible business can create positive change, explore multi-stakeholder (including Indigenous) perspectives on business, and learn about frameworks to understand and analyse personal values and contemporary business problems via content delivered online and in class. In tutorials, you will use this knowledge to inform your responses to real business challenges associated with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and apply a range of tools and techniques to analyse and evaluate potential responses. You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to explore your personal and ethical values and priorities and diverse perspectives on business, while extending your ability to analyse and produce solutions to complex business problems.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Ethical Self-Assessment
Reflect on your personal and professional values and identify biases and assumptions that may affect your decision-making. Document and present these in a coherent personal code of ethics against which you will assess your current skills and dispositions. Develop a plan to further develop these in a professional context.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): TS (4.1), SE (5.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You will complete a series of readings each with a focus on an issue in business law. For each reading you will need to provide responses to questions demonstrating your ability to identify and anaylse how different contexts, perspectives, worldviews and values shape decisions and interpretations of issues. These tasks will be completed on a weekly basis with feedback provided during your scheduled tutorial.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The late submission period does not apply, and no assignment extensions are available.
Formative or Summative: Formative and summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), SE (5.1), SE (5.2)
Assessment: Exam
Using frameworks presented in this unit you will be required to respond to scenarios and questions in which you analyse and evaluate how business practices contribute to collective wellbeing and sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
This invigilated examination requires attendance on campus or at an assessment centre, regardless of your attendance mode for the unit.
This assessment item is a Verified Identity Assessment. Requirements are provided on the Unit Canvas site.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), SE (5.1, 5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines.
Relates to: Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Portfolio, Exam - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1 - Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Exam - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply integrated business knowledge, combining disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary insight, to address complex and evolving business challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Investigate complex business issues by critically analysing, evaluating, and synthesising theory and practice to generate evidence-based insights.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Exercise independent judgment and initiative to adapt and apply knowledge and skills for strategic planning, creative problem-solving, and effective decision-making in diverse, dynamic, and technology-enabled contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Exam - Engage in reflective practice and demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning, professional development, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles to analyse and respond to business issues with integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible and sustainable business practices to address national and global business challenges in ways that create long-term value.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam
KC40 Bachelor of Communication
- Demonstrate capacity to understand and critique the historical, cultural, technological, and regulatory implications of digital media, entertainment, communication, and news industries.
Relates to: ULO1, Portfolio, Exam - Demonstrate capacity to engage with and apply diverse ways of knowing the world in local and global contexts, including Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Portfolio, Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex forms of information and evidence to inform decision-making, problem solving and argumentation.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Portfolio, Exam - Create authentic and professional-quality communication outputs that reflect an application of academic content, critical thinking skills, and social awareness.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment - Identify, develop, and sustain effective and responsible leadership strategies and teamwork skills that generate value for yourself and others.
Relates to: ULO3, Ethical Self-Assessment