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Prof Susan Scott MAR 4.30

This course is available on the CEMS Exchange, Global MSc in Management, Global MSc in Management (CEMS MIM), Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange), MBA Exchange, MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (Human Resource Management/CIPD), MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (International Employment Relations/CIPD), MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (Organisational Behaviour), MSc in Management (1 Year Programme), MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation, MSc in Media and Communications (Media and Communications Governance) and MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Priority will be given to students on the MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation programme.

This course aims to give students theoretical and practical insights into the ethical implications surrounding the management of digital innovations in business. An area of vibrant scholarship, the issues that we cover are also of growing interest to any employer committed to sustainable innovation who realises that “ESG” (Environment, Society, and Governance) needs to be core to their mission. Students will examine the nature, role, and influence of innovations with a particular interest in the dynamic relationship between digital technologies, organisational practices, and their ethical implications. There are four principles guiding the syllabus for this course:

• The challenges engulfing the world are not just technical questions, they are value-laden and demand a distinctively socio-technical approach.
• Contemporary emerging technologies are redefining where accountability lies, challenging the boundaries of corporate social responsibility and organisational governance structures.
• Going forward ethics will not be a bolted-on topic dealt with in isolation but a living practice; an enactment, that becomes integral to the management of digitalisation.
• Social sciences provide us with the skills needed to identify the discourses defining the emergence of ethics on the ground and equip us with the ability to respond when asked: what is this a case of?

We will consistently take the ethical challenges surrounding contemporary emerging technologies (AI, robotics, remote working arrangements, digital ledger technologies etc.) as our focus although the specific case studies used may vary year to year. Whenever possible, we will invite industry experts to participate o