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Unit of Study HOTL2009 - Compliance and Ethics for Hotels (2025)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the Australian legal system and key areas of law that affect commercial operations in the hospitality sector. Students also focus on management principles and practices in a hospitality management context by introducing ethical behaviour as a foundation for leadership.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to the Australian legal system
  2. Contracts in the context of the hospitality sector
  3. Consumer rights and the hospitality sector
  4. Principles of negligence and their application to the hospitality sector
  5. Principles of ethics and their application in the hospitality sector
  6. Ethics, law and leadership in the hospitality sector

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Brisbane - The Hotel School
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Melbourne - The Hotel School
Term1,3,5
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Sydney - The Hotel School
Term1,3,5
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment in the modern hospitality industry;

identify and analyse the role of the regulatory environment in shaping operating practices in the hospitality industry;

demonstrate the capability to identify and propose a leadership practice that demonstrates ethical behaviour;

demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of compliance and ethics.

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