Overview
Lecturer
Silvia - Stefania Maican
Seminar tutor
Silvia - Stefania Maican
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Business Administration
Field of study
Business Administration
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, Discussions, Case analysis, Internet research, Individual assignments and reports
Entry requirements
General Management
Aims
To develop skills in recognizing and analyzing ethical issues
To define cross cultural variations and similarities in organizational practices in corporate social responsibility and business ethics
To understand sources of organizational ethical culture and deviant behavior
To design ethical program
To develop ethical leadership skills and practices
Course contents
Chapter 1: The Importance of Business Ethics
Chapter 2: Stakeholder Relationships, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance
Chapter 3: Emerging Business Ethics Issues
Chapter 4: The Institutionalization of Business Ethics
Chapter 5: Ethical Decision-Making and Ethical Leadership
Chapter 6: Individual Factors: Moral Philosophies and Values
Chapter 7: Organizational Factors: The Role of Ethical Culture and Relationships
Chapter 8: Developing an Effective Ethics Program
Chapter 9: Managing and Controlling Ethics Programs
Chapter 10: Globalization of Ethical Decision-Making
Learning outcomes
After taking the course of Business Ethics students should be able to:
- to understand main types of ethical violations and consequence of their influence on business
practice, economy and society in general;
- to prove criteria of employees' ethical behavior in decision making in conflict situations (cases
of business ethics commissions);
- to use decision-making models in ethical dilemmas situation on workplace;
- to classify and define stakeholders interests in social, marketing problems of the company taking
into account the ethical dilemmas of business;
- to prove need of practical realization of initiatives of CSR.
Assessment
Written test examination - 60%, Case study and project - 40%.
Recommended reading
Business Ethics: Ethical Decision-Making and Cases
Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell
Southwestern Cengage, 2012 · 400
Ethics and Business: An Introduction
Kevin Gibson
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
P. Griseri, N. Seppala
Andover, 2010