| Type of course: |
Compulsory |
| Language of instruction: |
English |
| Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
| Name of lecturer: |
Silvia - Stefania Maican |
| Seminar tutor: |
Silvia - Stefania Maican |
| Form of education |
Full-time |
| Form of instruction: |
Class / Seminary |
| Number of teaching hours per semester: |
56 |
| Number of teaching hours per week: |
4 |
| Semester: |
Summer |
| Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated |
5 |
Course aims:
- At the end of the analysis one must be able to reach a logical, ethical, and solid business decision based on these principles.
- Engage in an exploration of one’s own personal value system and how that system guides her/his moral and ethical decision-making in the workplace.
- Understand the limitations of Stakeholder Management Theory and the inherent struggles between societal and individual definitions of moral/ethical behavior.
Course Entry Requirements:
N/A
Course contents:
- Corporate ethics: concept and evolution
- Ethics and Moral Judgment
- Stages of Moral Development; Ethical Theories
- Decision making and ethical management
- Corporate responsibility. Concept, definition and dimensions
- Free Market Capitalism and Moral Responsibility
- Strategic management of corporate responsibility and sustainability
- Implementation and alignment of a corporate responsibility strategy
- Stakeholder relations and partnership management
- Moral Issues in the Workplace
- Moral Issues in Advertising, Marketing, and Compensation
- Moral Issues Regarding the Triple Bottom Line: Economy, Environment, Human Welfare
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Discussions, Exemplifications
Learning outcomes:
- Understand several ethics theories and be able to apply these theories in real world settings.
- Demonstrate a deeper understanding of the moral choices that are implicit in virtually every aspect of work life by applying the concepts to one’s own experience.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Stakeholder Management Theory by articulating different types of ethical business dilemmas that occur on a regular basis and be able to recognize and analyze these situations based on the Stakeholder Management Framework.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Multiple Choice Exam 50%, CSR Research Project 50%
Recommended reading:
Buchholtz, A. and Carroll, A.,
Business & Society. Ethics and Stakeholder Management. (8th Ed.), Mason, Ohio: South-Western.
, -
, 2011
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Carroll A. B,
A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Social Performance, Academy of Management Review, 4
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, 1979
, 497-505
Dahlsrud A,
How Corporate Social Responsibility is Defined: an Analysis of 37 Definitions, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 15
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, 2008
, 1-13