Communication Management, Ethics and the Law

Course aim

Enable students to make high level independent judgements relating to responsible and accountable communication management.

Course content

Students in this course will undertake a study of ethics, social responsibility and legal issues in managing communication at a strategic level. Topics covered include ethics theory and frameworks, ethical challenges, corporate and professional standards,  codes of practice that govern new and traditional media, corporate social responsibility and its reporting, contract law, copyright, defamation, laws affecting new media, and the place of law within contemporary public relations practice.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online study)	3 hours x 10 weeks
Online	3 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Essay, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.