HLWB 512Professional Role and Functioning
This course provides advanced knowledge about the role and function of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The professional role and ethical framework for the workplace health and safety professional is described. Theories of communication and fostering teamwork are also explored.
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Course details
- Dates
- 24 Feb 2025 to 22 Jun 2025
- Starts
- Trimester 1
- Fees
- NZ$1,275.00 for
- International fees
- NZ$4,464.00
- Lecture start times
- Thursday 8.00am
- Friday 8.00am
- Campus
- Distance
- Estimated workload
- Approximately 150 hours or 9.4 hours per week for 16 weeks
- Points
- 15
Entry restrictions
- Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- Restrictions
- None
Taught by
School of Health—Faculty of Health
About this course
This course provides advanced knowledge about the role and function of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The professional role and ethical framework for the workplace health and safety professional is described. Theories of communication and fostering teamwork are also explored.
Course learning objectives
Students who pass this course will be able to:
Outline the functions of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
Explain the role and scope of practice, professional ethics, codes of conduct, and models of ethical practice for the workplace health and safety professional.
Compare approaches and tools for communication, advocacy and persuasion in the health and safety context in the context of building effective working relationships.
Apply approaches to establishing teams, and leading and collaborating effectively with others.
Demonstrate knowledge of research methods and research application in the context of health and safety management.
How this course is taught
This course will be taught with compulsory block course days at the Kelburn Campus, Wellington, with an option to join online.
In addition,on Tuesday's 6-7pm there are weekly online tutorials that students are expected to attend.
Recordings will be available on Nuku.
Assessment
- Ethical Dilemmas Mark: 30%
- Ethical Decision-making and Corporate Social Responsibility Mark: 40%
- Critical Examination of Research - Literature Review Mark: 30%
Assessment dates and extensions
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Mandatory requirements
Find out what you must do to pass this course.
In addition to achieving an overall pass mark of at least 50% students must:
- Achieve at least 50% for each assessment in order to demonstrate the achievement of all the CLOs for the course
If you believe that exceptional circumstances may prevent you from meeting the mandatory course requirements, contact the course coordinator for advice as soon as possible.
Lecture times and rooms
What you’ll need to get
You do not need to get any texts or equipment for this course.
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Selected offering
HLWB 512
24 Feb–22 Jun 2025
Trimester 1 · CRN 31039