Overview
Lecturer
Silvia - Stefania Maican
Seminar tutor
Silvia - Stefania Maican
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Business Administration - Masters
Field of study
Business Administration (in English)
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, Discussions, Exemplifications
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 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
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.
Assessment
Multiple Choice Exam 50%, CSR Research Project 50%
Recommended reading
Business & Society. Ethics and Stakeholder Management. (8th Ed.)
Buchholtz, A. and Carroll, A.
Mason, Ohio: South-Western., -, 2011 · -
A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Social Performance
Carroll A. B
Academy of Management Review, 4, -, 1979 · 497-505
How Corporate Social Responsibility is Defined: an Analysis of 37 Definitions
Dahlsrud A
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 15, -, 2008 · 1-13