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University of Leeds

Business Ethics: Exploring Big Data and Tax Avoidance

University of Leeds via FutureLearn

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Overview

Explore the ethical complexities of big data and tax avoidance

Ethical behaviour brings significant benefits to businesses such as attracting employees, customers and investors. But failure to manage it properly can create huge challenges.

On this course, you’ll discover big data and tax avoidance.

You’ll examine the benefits and ethical challenges inherent to big data, including the issues of privacy and data security.

You’ll learn what tax avoidance is and discover how globalisation is increasing the likelihood of its occurrence.

You’ll also hear from experts on key ethical arguments for and against tax avoidance as you work through prominent case studies.

This course is designed for anyone interested in exploring two of the biggest business ethics problems.

The course will be useful for professionals working in small or larger organisations but also for anyone studying business or ethics at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Syllabus

  • Big data
    • Welcome
    • Big data and the law
    • Exploring the value of big data
    • Identifying the ethical challenges raised by big data use
    • Summary
  • Tax avoidance
    • About Week 2
    • Exploring tax avoidance
    • Can task avoidance be justified?
    • Identifying the ethical problems of tax avoidance
    • Summary

Taught by

Elizabeth Ellis

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4.6 rating, based on 8 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at FutureLearn based on 38 ratings

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  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    Enjoyed the course with a number of opportunities where I had to think. This is good as you do want courses to stretch your mind. This could have been enhanced by mentor input since it did seem to be rather hidden and also by more student interaction. The materials were excellent and well put together.
  • Anonymous
    A stimulating and interesting course. I am not sure how it could be achieved but the course would benefit from instructor Input as the course progressed. The course offered the opportunity for a wide range of views. It was well designed.
    James Hanlon
  • Anonymous
    Thanks, the course has been enlightening on business issues (big data and tax avoidance) that are impacting our lives and the way businesses are now operating. I am now more aware about challenges and ethical issues around big data and tax avoidance. I have also gained knowledge and information from comments by other learners, giving their perspective on these issues, from different countries and backgrounds. Thanks for the quality and depth of resources of the learning materials presented. I enjoyed the quizzes, that tested my understanding of issues and concepts on the course.
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    Thanks, the course has been enlightening on business issues (big data and tax avoidance) that are impacting our lives and the way businesses are now operating. I am now more aware about challenges and ethical issues around big data and tax avoidance. I have also gained knowledge and information from comments by other learners, giving their perspective on these issues, from different countries and backgrounds. Thanks for the quality and depth of resources of the learning materials presented. I enjoyed the quizzes, that tested my understanding of issues and concepts on the course.
  • Anonymous
    Good and nice course on a topic many professionals and managers like to "avoid". It gives a good inside on the topic and it triggers you to react on the questions and statements.
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    John Yanda
    This course has been very great. it highlights the ethical viewpoint on big data and tax. very enlightening.
  • Anonymous
    Wonderful experience. Was worth more than my expectations. Gives a thorough in-depth knowledge of big data and tax avoidance.

    Kudos to Future Learn and University of Leeds
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    Sushant Krishna Agarwal
    The course definitely gave closer attention to details and with the help of studies and real-life cases it made thinking and applying the knowledge gained easier to test and effective.
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