ACS2700 Business ethics, corporate governance and professional conduct
Faculty of Business and Economics
ACS2700 Business ethics, corporate governance and professional conduct is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2021. It needs ACS1000 and unlocks 3 units.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- Exam 60%
- and 1 other task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ACS2700. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ACS2700
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After ACS2700
3 units list ACS2700 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Overview
This unit provides an introduction to ethical issues in business, with a specific focus on the accounting profession. The unit addresses four areas of ethics and business: an introduction to ethical theories and applied ethics, including the nature of ethics and ethical decision-making; an overview of business ethics and its relationship with corporate governance and social responsibility; an understanding of how ethics affects businesses, organisations and professions; The Code of Professional Conduct in the accountancy profession.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for ACS2700.
Assessment
- Within semester assessments40%
- ExaminationThreshold hurdle60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
examine the ethical dimension of individual and social life in the context of cultural diversity
- 2
define and explain selected ethical theories and their relevance to business and professional ethical issues
- 3
apply an ethical and corporate governance perspective to organisational and management issues
- 4
explain the nature of professionalism
- 5
use ethical knowledge and theory to make decisions in relation to case studies
- 6
describe the purpose, structure and contents of selected codes of conduct from business and professions, particularly the accounting profession and apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with ethics in business and the accounting profession and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACS2700.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures24 hours
- Tutorials12 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Weekly Sessions
- This unit will be taught each week for 12 weeks as either three-hours lectorial (voice recorded slides/face-to-face/online sessions with lecturer) OR a two-hour lecture (voice recorded slides/face-to-face/online sessions) and a one-hour tutorial (voice recorded slides/face-to-face/online sessions).
- A week-by-week semester program is provided to guide your study program and also to indicate assessment due dates.
- The lecturer will use her sessions with the students to cover significant points of each week's topic, discuss problems and apply the theory to practical examples. It is not intended that the lecturer will cover every aspect of each topic , but rather provide a framework of the important theoretical concepts and practical issues. Given this framework students are expected to attend all sessions and participate actively.
- At times lecturer will invite students to raise and discuss relevant issues and areas of concern. Students should take this opportunity to clarify areas of difficulty and to contribute actively to the discussion.
Small groups/teams
- If you have allocated yourself to a tutorial group please stay in that group. This will prevent you from not obtaining participation marks, if applicable.
- You will work in groups/teams of 6 students every week and will be allocated to a group from Week 1.
- Participation: In order to participate and to gain maximum benefit from the tutorial sessions all the questions set for each week are to be attempted before the tutorial for that week.
Seen/Unseen questions
- Seen question solutions are available on Moodle for self-study before the topic is discussed.
- Unseen question solutions will be available on Moodle 1 day after the question was discussed. You need to attempt the unseen questions every week. All answers to questions will be loaded on Moodle after the last session for the week.
- Where necessary additional questions will be added to Moodle.
- Students should ensure their answers and notes are updated, taking into account feedback received in sessions, from slides and solutions to questions at the completion of each topic.
Representatives
1 representative per group will be selected.
Weekly Quizzes
You will complete the following quizzes every week:
- Socrative quiz: This quiz will be completed after a session with the lecturer on the topic every week.
- Moodle quiz: This quiz will give you access to the slides for every week. You will only obtain access to the slides if you score 100% in each week's quiz.
Self-leadership with your studies
- Students are responsible for their studies.
- Students are expected to spend 12 hours per week on this unit.
To ensure a high probability of completing this unit successfully, students need to approach it in a systematic way. At a minimum this should involve:
PRIOR TO WEEKLY SESSION WITH LECTURER
2 hours: pre-read prescribed material;
1 hour: draw up own summary/mindmap;
2/3hours: listen to the voice recorded slides and add additional notes to summary;
1 hour: work through seen questions and solutions;
DURING WEEKLY SESSION WITH LECTURER
1.5 hours: attend sessions and participate in discussions with lecturer;
1.5 hours: participate in small groups/teams on group assignment;
AFTER WEEKLY SESSION WITH LECTURER
2 hours: attempt and prepare solutions to unseen questions;
1-2 hours: attempt relevant past examination and test questions;
At Risk Students
At risk students are identified in the beginning of the semester as students with a WAM of below 50%. Students who fails any assessment must take responsibility and make an appointment with the lecturer via email , using the consulting times, within a week after the release of the results.
Learning resources
Required resources
Prescribed Textbook:
Business Ethics (6th edition), Rossouw, D and Van Vuuren, L. Oxford University Press.
Available in Book form
Paperback ISBN - 9780190721466
Also available in E-book format
eBook ISBN - 9780190449599
E-book platforms
SNAPPLIFY
- https://help.snapplify.com/snapplifyknowledgebase/purchasing-ebooks-through-the-snapplify-store
ITSI
- https://store.it.si/za/help/howToBuyEbooks
OXFORD
- https://www.oxford.co.za/page/72-how-to-order-an-e-book-online
VAN SCHAIK
- https://www.vanschaik.com/ebook/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvY-V4unu6AIVkuvtCh2NpwNNEAAYASAAEgIbvPD_BwE
Prescribed readings:
King IV Report on Corporate Governance (pdf webversion)
Made available on Moodle by lecturer
SAICA Code of Professional Conduct(pdf webversion)
Made available on Moodle by lecturer
Recommended resources
The Ethics Institute (TEI)
- https://www.tei.org.za
Institute of Directors Southern Africa (IoDSA)
- https://www.iodsa.co.za
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA)
- https://www.agsa.co.za/
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
- https://www.saica.co.za
Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA)
- https://www.irba.co.za
Technology resources
Socrative Student
Google drive
Zoom
Youtube
Moodle
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Michelle Vermeulen
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ACS2700?
You need ACS1000 before you enrol.
What can I take after ACS2700?
ACS2700 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 3 units, including ACS2760, ACS3765 and ACS3770.
When is ACS2700 offered?
ACS2700 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is ACS2700?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ACS2700 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 1 other task.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Department of Accounting
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021