Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. 

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic. 

Note on Artificial Intelligence: 

You have undoubtedly heard about ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools that can be used to generate content in relation to prompts. You may find it useful and interesting to see what these tools can tell you about some of the topics we’re looking at. We will also be thinking about some interesting philosophical questions arising out of artificial intelligence. A few warnings are in order, though, about content generated by ChatGPT or similar tools:

1. It’s not your work, so you can’t submit it, or adapt it a bit and then submit it. This will count as a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy. This applies to any assessments. 

2. It’s not reliable. It gets a lot of things right, but it also gets things wrong, makes up references etc, and its outputs tend to be shallow and generic.

3. It doesn’t count as research. We’ll talk more later about what count as good sources for academic work, but using ChatGPT means you don’t always have a way to trace and check the sources of the content you’re using. 

A useful analogy, I think, is to think of ChatGPT as being like a knowledgable but slightly unpredictable acquaintance. Talking to them might be a good way to get some ideas to inspire your own thinking and research, but you can’t take what they say for granted, and you can’t pretend their work is your own.

This unit covers a lot of really interesting topics. We want you to engage, and we want you to learn. You won't do that if you try to outsource your thinking.

Required and recommended texts and/or materials

All weekly readings for the unit will be made available through the Leganto link in iLearn.

Lectures 

Lectures in this unit will be delivered in-person and accessible through Echo 360 block. There will be two one-hour lectures for each of the 12 topics. You should watch these videos before attending the weekly tutorial. 

Tutorials

For "on campus" students, tutorials in this unit will be held in-person each week of semester for one hour.

"Online flexible" students participate in assessed discussions.

Unit Webpages and E-Resources

Much of this unit (lectures, readings, assessment instructions etc.) is delivered online through iLearn (http://ilearn.mq.edu.au). PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements. 

• Week 1: Introduction

• Week 2: What is work and why does it matter?

• Week 3: Work and freedom

• Week 4: The goods of work

• Week 5: Work in a just society

• Week 6: The end of work? 

• Week 7: Business ethics: narrow and broad

• Week 8: Equality and freedom in the workplace

• Week 9: Sweatshops and globalisation

• Week 10: Discrimination, bias & stereotypes at work

• Week 11: Factoring animals into business ethics

• Week 12: Business and the environment