| Unit name | Organizational Crime and Corruption |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EFIM30047 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Klimecki |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | School of Management - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Why is this unit important?
In this unit, you will engage with organisational crime from a business and management perspective. Crime frequently intersects with the legitimate economy (e.g. through money laundering, modern slavery, cybercrime, or corruption). By investigating these phenomena, you will engage with, and analyse, real-world challenges and threats to our economy and society and reflect on how to address them. In doing so, the unit deepens your understanding of the drivers of contemporary crime and corruption in the context of our global economy.
How does the unit fit into your programme of study
The unit is designed to complement existing core units. The purpose is to deepen, extend and critically interrogate your knowledge and understanding of business and management.
An overview of content
The aim of the unit is to explore organizational crime and corruption as an integral component of contemporary business and management. Taking an inter-disciplinary social science perspective, crime and corruption are discussed within the context of a globalized economy. This will be done theoretically and empirically by investigating concepts such as 'deviant globalisation' and 'systemic corruption' alongside case examples that include various organizational crimes, bribery and money laundering. In doing so, the unit conceptualizes crime and corruption as significant economic forces which interrelate with, and impact upon, legitimate business and management practices. The unit therefore aims to address a major global challenge of today's and tomorrow's global business environment and critically reflects on issues such as business ethics and law.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
Students will gain knowledge about various forms of crime that challenge our economy and society. Further, students will understand the economic drivers that contemporary crime and corruption are embedded in, e.g. Offshore Financial Centres, global supply chains or platform organisations. Through adopting a business and management lens, students will be able to rethink crime and corruption and evaluate alternative solutions to these problems. In doing so the unit furthers critical thinking, creative problem solving and a complementary way of understanding business and management.
Learning Outcomes:
(1) Recognise crime and corruption as an integral dimension of global management and business
(2) Critically appraise (organized) crime as a managerial activity
(3) Analyse theoretical concepts on the topic and apply to empirical cases
(4) Critically evaluate approaches to combating organizational crime and corporate wrongdoing
(5) Reflect upon the implications of organizational crime and corruption for business ethics
(6) Communicate the self-organized learning of course content
The learning approach is interactive, and inquiry based. The focus will be on discussing and analysing ‘real-world’ developments and case studies. This approach is best suited to understand such a dynamic topic area and address the learning outcomes and assessments of the unit.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
The content, discussions and case analyses of the lectures and seminars are structured to help you learn and prepare for the assignments. Feedback will be given in-class or during advice and feedback hours. Also, there will be dedicated exercises and Q&A sessions to prepare you for your summative tasks. The feedback on the group assignment is further intended to help you prepare for the exam.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
1st summative assignment: 10 minute group audio podcast (30%); ILOs: 1-3, 6
2nd summative assignment: timed open book assessment (70%); ILOs: 1-6
When assessment does not go to plan
Re-assessment of units within the final year of undergraduate modular programmes is not normally permitted.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. EFIM30047).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
