Unit Requirements

During the unit students will be required to:

• Submit the required assessment tasks in a timely manner.
• Complete all the required readings for the unit.
• Contribute to online discussions and activities.

Online Participation Guidelines

A significant part of your online learning experience involves learning with and from other students and the teacher in the online discussions and activities. Active participation means sharing information and resources, posting your own ideas, and critiquing or expanding on the ideas of others in a respectful and collegial fashion. You are expected to follow accepted standards of English spelling, grammar and punctuation, when you are participating in web discussions or sending emails. These discussions are for you to exchange your reflections with your classmates and teacher about what you are learning. The discussions will be organised into forums around the particular themes you are studying.

As an online student, you will be taking a proactive approach to your learning. As the Unit Convenor’s role is that of a learning guide, your role is that of the leader in your own learning. You will be managing your own time so that you can complete the readings, activities and assignments for the unit.

Submission of Assignment

All work is to be submitted via the Turnitin function inside the ilearn site.

Return of marked work

Marked work will be returned to students electronically via ilearn.

Electronic Submissions

Information about how to submit work online can be accessed through the ilearn unit. 

Examinations

Important:     There are no examinations in this unit.

Special Consideration and Extensions

Please email the unit convenor if you find yourself unable to meet the submission dates for assessments.

Technology

Online units can be accessed at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

1. For technical support with passwords or to check if the Learning Management System (LMS) is down, go to http://informatics.mq.edu.au/help/

2. This unit is taught fully on line and access to the internet and a computer are essentail (mobile technology such as an iphone or ipad are not sufficent for this course).

3. For Learning & Teaching issues e.g. how to access your online materials such as readings, i-lecture, please contact the Unit Convenor.

4. For basic training in how to use the LMS, please go to http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/index.htm

Academic Honesty Policy

Academic honesty is an integral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement (http://www.mq.edu.au/ethics/ethic-statement-final.html). Its fundamental principle is that all staff and students act with integrity in the creation, development, application and use of ideas and information. This means that:

• All academic work claimed as original is the work of the author making the claim.
• All academic collaborations are acknowledged.
• Academic work is not falsified in any way
• When the ideas of others are used, these ideas are acknowledged appropriately.

The link below has more details about the policy, procedure and schedule of penalties that will apply to breaches of the Academic Honesty policy.

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

University Grading Policy

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html

The grade a student receives will signify their overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of a unit of study. Grades will not be awarded by reference to the achievement of other students nor allocated to fit a predetermined distribution. In determining a grade, due weight will be given to the learning outcomes and level of a unit (ie 100, 200, 300, 800 etc). Graded units will use the following grades:

HD      High Distinction         85-100

D         Distinction                  75-84

Cr        Credit                         65-74

P         Pass                           50-64

F          Fail                              0-49

REQUIRED READING

Adams, J., S., Armen,  T. & Shore, T., H.  (2001). Codes of Ethics as Signals for Ethical Behavior.  Journal of Business Ethics, 29 (3), 199-211.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (2009). Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies. Accessed: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/ethical.html

Davis, M.  (1997). Indigenous Peoples and Intellectual Property Rights. Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library, Research Paper, 20.

Fritzsche, D., J. & Oz, E. (2007). Personal Values - Influence on the Ethical Dimension of Decision Making. Journal of Business Ethics, 75, 335–343.

Lehavot, K. (2009). “My Space” or Yours? The Ethical Dilemma of Graduate Students’ Personal Lives on the Internet. Ethics and Behaviour,  19(2), 129–141.

Nancy K. Freeman (1999): Morals and Character: The Foundations of Ethics and Professionalism, The Educational Forum, 63:1, 30-36

National Health and Medical Research Council (2009). National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. Accessed: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/e72_0.pdf

National Health & Medical Research Council (2001).Intellectual Property Management For Health and Medical Research. Accessed: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 NHMRC Interim Guidelines for Intellectual Property Management for Health and Medical Research (PDF, 96KB)

Research Ethics in Australia (Research Involving Human Participants V2) Online Ethics Centre for Engineering 6/14/2006 National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Tuesday February 14, 2012 http://www.onlineethics.org/Topics/RespResearch/ResResources/nbacindex/nbachindex/hchalmers.aspx

Robert, V., Carlson, Kenneth, M., Boyd, and David, J., Webb (2004). The revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: past, present and future. Br J Clin Pharmacol, June; 57(6), 695-713.

Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10, Vol. 2, pp. 181-182. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949. Accessed: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html

RECOMMENDED READING

Brody, B., A. (2009). Special Section: Expanding the Boundaries of Bioethics. Research Ethics: International Perspectives. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 6(4), 376-384.

Frankel, S., M. (1989). Professional Codes: Why, How, and with What Impact. Journal of Business Ethics, 8 (2-3).

Guillemin, Marilys, Heggen, Kristin (2009). Rapport and Respect: Negotiating Ethical Relations between Researcher and Participant. A European Journal, 12(3), 291-299.

Pierce, M., A., & Henry, J., W. (1996) Computer Ethics: The Role of Personal, Informal, and Formal Codes. Journal of Business Ethics, 15: 425-437.

Watkins, J. (1999). Conflicting Codes: Professional, Ethical, and Legal Obligations in Archaeology. Science and Engineering Ethics, 5(3), 337-345.

 This unit of study consists of a series of ten key themes (some of which are sub-divided into smaller sections). It is also organised into two main parts. The first part (themes 1-6) is mostly an introduction to ethics in research. Its purpose is to provide the resources, knowledge, and information – including historical background and critical terminology – that you’ll need to know in order to demonstrate a reasonable degree of understanding related to the ethical issues underpinning research in Australia.  The second part (that is to say, themes 7-10), is mainly concerned with applying the ideas, principles, arguments, and ethical insights introduced in themes 1- 6 to a range of professional and personal contexts. It is assumed that no student in the course will have had much experience studying ethics.

Overall, the total time you are expected to devote to your coursework is 78 hours. If for some reason you find yourself falling behind or unable to complete an assignment on schedule you should immediately notify the Course Convenor.