| 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: |
Lecture |
| 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 |
6 |
Course 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 Entry Requirements:
General Management
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
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Discussions, Case analysis, Internet research, Individual assignments and reports
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.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Written test examination - 60%, Case study and project - 40%.
Recommended reading:
Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell,
Business Ethics: Ethical Decision-Making and Cases, Southwestern Cengage
, New York,
, 2012
, 400
Kevin Gibson,
Ethics and Business: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press
, cambridge
, 2007
, 450
P. Griseri, N. Seppala,
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Andover
, Andover
, 2010
, 350