This  module focuses on a critical reassessment of the various competing  theories and hypotheses advanced to explain the development and character...

Ancient Societies of Amazonia (ARCL0061)

Module Description: 

This module presents different ethical frameworks (from moral philosophy and moral psychology to social anthropology, and others) in...

Everyday Ethics in Enterprise (ANTH0222)

Module Description: 

This module presents different ethical frameworks (from moral philosophy and moral psychology to social anthropology, and others) in order to equip students to consider the ethics of creative businesses and enterprises in a contemporary setting. It aims to assist students to better understand a changing society and it shows the advantage of an anthropological perspective on ethics to navigate times of crises. Above all, the module encourages and prepares students to take a reflexive leadership role and develop an ethical attitude towards partners, employees and customers.

 

*Module Content:

Across ten sessions, topics covered by this module will include: A history of corporate social responsibility; ethical consumers; anthropological approaches to ethics; transparency and enterprise; dealing with data; financial ethics; traceability and global supply chains; climate change and enterprise; participatory approaches in the community; and taking a stand through policy advocacy.

 

*Learning Outcomes:

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

- identify the key ethic specific concepts used by social anthropologists
- summarise current debates in the anthropology of ethics

- outline contemporary arguments around corporate social responsibility and the ‘license to operate’.

- respond in an informed way to questions of language and cultural difference regarding ethics

- initiate some of the diverse pathways to building trust in business including work in the community and advocacy

- synthesise approaches to ethics to formulate some of the expanding roles of enterprise in the community

 