Global Business Ethics and Philosophy of Management (MA)
Southampton, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 24,200 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EU and international student | UK students: GBP 9,250
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Introduction
Enhance your knowledge of issues in business and organisational ethics. Explore fundamental concepts in the philosophy of value and management. You’ll examine issues in current management practices and a range of modern ethical and political challenges.
Our rapidly changing world raises difficult ethical questions for businesses. These include debates surrounding the treatment of employees and customers, and concerns about advancing technologies like artificial intelligence. This course will prepare you to engage critically with this evolving world of work and the ethical questions it poses.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Examine Philosophical Questions Surrounding Markets and Trade
- Delve Into the Ethics of Relationships Between Parties, Including Employers, Employees, and Customers
- Learn to Think Critically About Practical Ethical Questions and Offer Solutions
- Graduate With Skills Well Suited for the Modern Workplace, Particularly Positions of Management
You'll also have the option to take modules that explore the creative and cultural industries. This could include the literary world, film, or the music industry.
When you complete this course, you'll have a strong understanding of core topics surrounding ethics in business and more general ethical theory.
Beyond preparing you for a wide variety of careers, you'll be ideally positioned to pursue leadership roles across most domains.
Admissions
Curriculum
This course is normally studied over 1 year full-time but may also be taken on a part-time basis for a period of 2 years.
Your studies will be split into two parts.
In part 1 (semesters 1 and 2), you'll study the taught part of the course. You'll choose:
- One Module in General Ethical Theory, Either 'fundamentals of Ethical Theory' or 'philosophy of Value'
- At Least Two Modules in Business Ethics, From: 'Business, Morality, and Markets'; 'Ethics at Work: Customers, Companies, and Cooperation'; and 'Organisational Ethics and the Philosophy of Management'
You'll also take a module in 'Research Skills in Philosophy', and tailor your degree to your interests with further optional modules.
In part 2, you’ll undertake a dissertation on philosophical issues regarding business and/or management.
Modules
The modules outlined provide examples of what you can expect to learn in this degree course based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our course to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
You must study the following modules :
- Philosophy Dissertation
- Research Skills in Philosophy
You must also choose from the following modules :
- Business, Morality, and Markets
- Classical Indian Philosophy: Self, Knowledge, and Liberation
- Contemporary Theories of Justice
- Corporate Finance 1
- Ethics at Work: Customers, Companies, and Cooperation
- Ethics of Public Policy
- Fiction and Fictionalism
- Fundamentals of Ethical Theory
- Global Challenges in Context: Conflict and Security
- Global Challenges in Historical Context: Identity and Rights
- Global Challenges in Historical Context: Migration and Asylum
- Global Entrepreneurship
- Global Music Industry
- Globalisation and World Politics
- Happiness and Wellbeing
- Heidegger
- Islamic Philosophy
- Managing within a Global Context
- Music Management Fundamentals
- Nietzsche
- Organisational Ethics and Philosophy of Management
- Philosophy and Ethics in Psychology and AI
- Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
- Schopenhauer
- Strategic Brand Management
- Strategic Operations Management
- The Ethics of Climate Change
- The Philosophy of Value
- Theories of Leadership
- Truth, Opinion, And Ideology
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This course will prepare you for a wide variety of careers.
As well as a strong understanding of central topics in business ethics and philosophy of management, you’ll develop work-related skills such as the ability to:
- Synthesize Information From Diverse Sources
- Communicate Clearly
- Research Carefully, and Arrive at Defensible Decisions
- Differentiate Between Strong and Weak Arguments and Defend Your Conclusions
Because of these insights you’ll be ideally positioned to pursue leadership roles across most domains.
Program delivery
The learning activities for this course include the following:
- Lectures
- Classes and Tutorials
- Coursework
- Individual and Group Projects
- Independent Learning (Studying on Your Own)
Assessment
We’ll assess you through:
- Essays
- Presentations
- A Dissertation
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.