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Ethical Issues in Professional Life
PostgraduateUND-PHIL60202025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 17 Feb 2025,
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,875
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Ethical Issues in Professional Life
About this subject
On completion of this course students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Identify complex debates associated with the relationship between moral philosophy and applied ethics
- Articulate a thorough understanding of the three major theories of ethics in the Western philosophical tradition
- Demonstrate sophisticated philosophical skills associated with moral enquiry and a particular profession
- Apply a mastery analysis of the role that moral enquiry plays in the professions.
- The relationship between moral philosophy and applied ethics in professional life
- The relevance of ethics to specialisation
- Power and privilege in the professions
- Performance assessment
- Codes of ethics
- Institutional values
- Corporate ethical culture
- Confidentiality
- Secrecy and truth telling in counselling
- Professional and management responsibility and accountability
- Dealing with power and authority
- Conflict resolution
- Performance assessment and discipline
This course will explore the relationship between moral philosophy and applied ethics in professional life. Further, we study such issues as the relevance of ethics to specialisation, power and privilege in the professions, performance assessment, codes of ethics institutional values and corporate ethical culture. Specialist seminar topics may include: confidentiality, secrecy and truth telling in counselling; professional and management responsibility and accountability; dealing with power and authority, conflict resolution, performance assessment & discipline.
- 10 individual posts based on weekly lessons (20%)
- Ethical Audit (complete template no more than 5000 words) (60%)
- Teleological Analysis (1000 words) (20%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
The University of Notre Dame Australia is committed to delivering an excellent student experience, alongside a high standard of teaching, research, and training. As a leader in ethical education, Notre Dame aims to develop students’ critical reasoning and their ability to make ethical decisions—crucial skills to progressing their careers and leading purposeful lives. At Notre Dame, students navigate their future with an ethical education online.
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-HED-MAS-2025 - Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- UND-ELM-MAS-2025 - Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
- UND-LDR-MAS-2025 - Master of Leadership
- UND-HED-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- UND-MTE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Mathematics Education
- UND-HPE-MAS-2025 - Master of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-NUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Nursing (Coursework)
- UND-NUR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Nursing
- UND-HPE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-HMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Health and Medical Sciences
- UND-MHA-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
- UND-HSC-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences
Elective
- UND-ELM-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
- UND-CLS-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Catholic Leadership
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-MAS
Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-MAS
PostgraduateUND-LDR-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Mathematics Education
PostgraduateUND-MTE-GDI
Master of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-MAS
Master of Nursing (Coursework)
PostgraduateUND-NUC-MAS
PostgraduateUND-NUR-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Health and Medical Sciences
PostgraduateUND-HMS-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
PostgraduateUND-MHA-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences
PostgraduateUND-HSC-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Catholic Leadership
PostgraduateUND-CLS-GCE