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Learning Outcomes
1. | Reflect in a scholarly manner upon principles of ethical and responsible behaviour and their roles in both the profit and not for profit sectors to promote responsible and ethical citizenship; | ||
2. | Critique corporate social responsibility programs in a range of tourism, hospitality or event enterprises with reference to their capacity to meet the environmental, social, and economic obligations of their stakeholders; | ||
3. | Appraise contemporary short and long term sustainability issues that can confront tourism, hospitality, and event enterprises; | ||
4. | Debate the significance of sustainability and the role that management of organisations in both the profit and not for profit sectors can contribute; and | ||
5. | Work collaboratively in a team to elucidate and justify sustainability approaches with reference to methods of evaluating performance and models of best practice that can address important, complex and unpredictable problems. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
---|---|---|
Test | Online Quizzes | 20% |
Assignment | Written Group Assignment | 30% |
Creative Works | Image Slideshow | 10% |
Test | In-Class Test | 40% |
Required reading
Sustainability in Australian business: principles and practice
Moscardo, G., Lamberton,G., Wells, G et al. 2013,
Wiley-Blackwell, Milton, QLD
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