S_BSE Business Ethics

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Tsolmon Jambal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. et doc. PaedDr. Mgr. Zdeněk Caha, Ph.D., MBA, MSc.
Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
S_BSE/S01: Thu 11:25–12:55 N010, T. Jambal
Prerequisites
OBOR ( CAP )
English Communication Skill, rational thinking, knowledge of academic writing and citation style.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is for the student to understand the benefits of ethical management and socially responsible business for increasing the value of the company. Accordingly, the student is able to apply the principles of CSR and ethical management to everyday business activities and processes on the basis of theoretical knowledge as well as knowledge of best practice and international reporting standards.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student:
- understands the principles of social responsibility in all areas of the company,
- can apply the principles of economic, social, environmental ethical and philanthropic responsibility in business processes,
- recognizes the benefits of ethical management and CSR and for increasing the value of the company,
- knows the best practices for the application of CSR and ethical management in business practice, including the methods of reporting and evaluating CSR,
- masters the principles of creation and implementation of the code of ethics and other tools of ethical management.
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • 1. Relation between ethics and economics, business ethics and its development.
  • 2.Definition, principles and benefits of CSR.
  • 3. Areas of CSR.
  • 4.Economic and social responsibility of companies.
  • 5.Environmental, ethical and philanthropic corporate responsibility.
  • 6. Ethical program of the company.
  • 7. Basic tools of the ethical program of the organization.
  • 8. A code of ethics in the organization.
  • 9. Principles of creating and implementing a code of ethics in the organization.
  • 10.Creation and implementation of CSR concept in the company.
  • 11. Standards and international CSR reporting.
  • 12.Presentation of students, case studies - CSR analysis in a specific organization.
  • 13.Presentation of students, case studies - CSR analysis in a specific organization.
Literature
    required literature
  • FERRELL, O. C.; FRAEDRICH, John a FERRELL, Linda. Business ethics: ethical decision making and cases. 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c2005. ISBN 0-618-39573-3.
  • CAHA, Zdeněk and Jan URBAN. A Code of Ethics as an Organizational Management Tool and its Use in the Czech Republic. Online. first. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2017. 112 pp. ISBN 978-3-942303-50-7. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
    recommended literature
  • Schmidpeter, René, Christina Weidinger a Franz Fischler. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Business Success through Sustainability [1 ed.]. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. ISBN 978-3-642-38752-4.
  • Michael D'heur (ed.) (2015) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance Sustainable Value Chain Management: Delivering Sustainability Through the Core Business [1 ed.] Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-12141-3.
  • SHAW, W.H., 2013. Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 8 edition. ed. Cengage Learning, Boston, MA ; Singapore. ISBN 978-1-133-94307-5.
  • László Zsolnai (ed) (2015) The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management [1 ed.]. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-11676-1
  • Michael K. Shaub, Robert L. Braun (auth.), Steven Mintz (eds.) (2014) Accounting for the Public Interest: Perspectives on Accountability, Professionalism and Role in Society [1 ed.]. Advances in Business Ethics Research 4. ISBN 978-94-007-7081-2.
  • Domènec Melé, Martin Schlag (eds.) (2015) Humanism in Economics and Business: Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition [1 ed.], Issues in Business Ethics 43. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-9703-0.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Partial tasks40 
Preparation for Lectures12 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial12 
Preparation for the Final Test40 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Presentation 30 %
partial tasks 30 %
final test 70 %
Exam conditions
Partial tasks 30 %

Final test: 70 %.

Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.

In case of FX the final test can be repeated.

Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Erasmus.
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except for the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % of lessons on the subject in a semester.

Students with an individual study plan will take only a 100-point final test in the exam period. However, students are obliged to contact the teacher immediately after the approval of the individual study plan (ISP), if the student does not do so, his ISP will not be taken into account. (In case of any questions, they can contact the subject guarantor via email: caha@mail.vstecb.cz).

The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, summer 2022, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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