Ethical Issues in Professional Life
PostgraduateUND-PHIL60202026
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 16 Feb 2026,
- 20 July 2026
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Ethical Issues in Professional Life
About this subject
On completion of this subject 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 subject 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%)
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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-HPE-MAS-2026 - Master of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-HPE-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-HMS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Health and Medical Sciences
- UND-HSC-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences
- UND-MTE-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Mathematics Education
- UND-HED-MAS-2026 - Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- UND-HED-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- UND-ELM-MAS-2026 - Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
Elective
- UND-ELM-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Health and Medical Sciences
PostgraduateUND-HMS-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences
PostgraduateUND-HSC-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Mathematics Education
PostgraduateUND-MTE-GDI
Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-GDI
Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-GCE