MN12005: Business, society and law
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 50%, EXOB 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Business and Society exam (EXCB 50%)
- LawS1 exam (EXOB 25%)
- LawS2 exam (EXOB 25%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- To develop your understanding of the relationships between business and society, including those between corporate decision-making and employees, communities and the natural environment
- To develop your analytical capabilities, including the use of logical arguments and evidence
- To develop your abilities to present your analysis in a clear and compelling manner
- To develop your ability to use the library's resources, make informative use of data and become independent researchers
- To understand the legal framework within which businesses and individuals operate and the implications
- To develop the ability to understand legal criteria and create cogent and reasoned arguments in applying them to practical situations
- To analyse legal liability, assess risks and create strategies for avoidance, which can be input into business practice
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| Synopsis: | Explore the relationship between business and society in terms of fundamental concepts in business law and how business decisions reflect social and environmental concerns. The approach to business and the skills you learn in this unit will provide a framework for the rest of your course.
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| Content: | The unit content includes:
You will consider a variety of important questions that arise from the relationship between business and society. By doing so, you will develop a rigorous and practical understanding of how corporate responsibilities can arise from ethical imperatives and strategic considerations. The scope and limits on corporate responsibilities are discussed across a broad range of social and environmental issues. The law element covers the framework of law, essential business contracts and non-contractual liability such as negligence. Students work through seminars in applying the principles to a range of case examples within their group, analysing and applying principles to practice.
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| Course availability: |
MN12005 is Compulsory on the following courses:
School of Management
- UMMN-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Finance (Year 1)
- UMMN-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Finance with work placement (Year 1)
- UMMN-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management (Year 1)
- UMMN-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management with work placement (Year 1)
- UMMN-ANB12 : BSc(Hons) Business (Year 1)
- UMMN-AKB13 : BSc(Hons) International Management with year abroad (Year 1)
- UMMN-AFB14 : BSc(Hons) Management (Year 1)
- UMMN-AKB15 : BSc(Hons) Management with Marketing with work placement (Year 1)
- UMMN-AKB14 : BSc(Hons) Management with work placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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