Module LAW3169 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3169: Equality and Diversity at Work
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to develop your interdisciplinary understanding of the key legal, psychological and organisational principles involved in contemporary equality and diversity issues. It aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to understand the reasons for and manifestations of inequality in society, specifically in the work environment; it also aims to provide you not only with the knowledge and skills to identify the problems associated with contemporary inequality, but also with the ability to engage with the issues, and to identify solutions to tackle such inequality from an academic perspective. The central aim of this module is to help you develop a more complete understanding of these issues than could be given by any of these disciplines alone, and to develop interdisciplinarity. The aim is for you to make interconnections across educational disciplinary boundaries, through the inclusion of multiple perspectives, knowledge and skills (Law, Psychology, Business), and to synthesise different perspectives and work with others collaboratively in finding solutions to today’s equality problems. This module intends to support you in becoming an interdisciplinary thinker who will analytically and creatively find solutions to today’s most challenging and authentic problems.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate critical awareness of the wide range of legal, psychological and organisational origins, manifestations, and solutions to inequality and lack of diversity 2. Identify, explain and critically evaluate key issues of inequality in the workplace and apply relevant rules and theory from Law, Psychology and Business |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of legal, psychological and organisational concepts, values, principles and procedures with regards to equality in the workplace, and explain the interdisciplinary relationship among them, as well as their limits 4. Apply interdisciplinary knowledge from Law, Psychology and Business to a problem and suggest a solution supported by relevant arguments derived from these disciplines |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Work effectively and proactively across disciplinary boundaries to consider other viewpoints, compare and contrast concepts across subjects 6. Synthesise and research across disciplines, developing varied perspectives, integrating (potentially) conflicting insights from different disciplines, and consider alternative ways of solving complex authentic problems 7. Select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively, relevant concepts and arguments 8. Read a wide range of documents; finding and researching extra material across three disciplines |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Introduction
- Overview
- Levels of analyses and disciplinary contributions
- Team building
The meaning of Equality and Diversity
- Policies
- Organisation
- Individual and interpersonal
Forms of Inequality and Lack of Diversity
- Policies
- Organisations
- Individual and Interpersonal
Enabling Equality and Overcoming Challenges
- Policies
- Organisations
- Individual and Interpersonal
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 114 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 33 | Seminars (11 x 3 hours) |
| Guided Independent Study | 71.5 | Reading and preparation for seminars (6.5 hours per seminar) |
| Guided Independent Study | 45.5 | Reading and preparation for essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Essay, voluntary ; submission of draft essay part for summative essay and self marked; draft may be reworked and developed on the basis of tutor feedback and included in summative essay as one of the substantive parts of the essay. | 750-1,000 words | 1-8 | Self-marking, with guidance and oversight given by tutor; individual comments from tutor and general feedback to cohort |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 100 | 3000 words | 1-8 | Written feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (3,000 words) (new question will be set) | All | August/September re-assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
This list is compiled in APA referencing style; another accepted referencing style for this module is OSCOLA
Allport, G.W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor.
Dovidio, J.F., Hewstone, M., Glick, P., & Esses, V.M. (Eds.). (2013). The SAGE handbook of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. London, UK: Sage Publications.
Ely, R.J. & Thomas, D.A. (2001). Cultural diversity at work: The effects of diversity perspectives on work group processes and outcomes. Administrative Science Quarterly, 46, 229-273.
Fredman, S. (2011). Discrimination law (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Hepple, B. (2014). Equality: The Legal Framework (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing.
Jones, J.M., Dovidio, J.F., & Vietze, D.L. (2014). The psychology of diversity: Beyond prejudice and racism. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kaiser, C.R., Major, B., Jurcevic, I., Dover, T.L., Brady, L.M., & Shapiro, J.R. (2013). Presumed fair: Ironic effects of organizational diversity structures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 504-519.
Khaitan, T. (2015). A theory of discrimination law. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
McColgan, A. (2014). Discrimination, equality and the law. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing.
Tropp, L.R., & Mallett, R.K. (Eds.). (2011). Moving beyond prejudice reduction: Pathways to positive intergroup relations. Washington, DC: APA.
van Knippenberg, D., van Ginkel, W. P., & Homan, A. C. (2013). Diversity mindsets and the performance of diverse teams. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 121, 183–193.
Wadham, J., Robinson, A., Ruebain, D., & Uppal, S. (Eds.). (2016). Blackstone's guide to the Equality Act 2010 (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
