S_BSE Business Ethics

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Petra Pártlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Petra Pártlová, Ph.D.
Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
S_BSE/S01: Mon 11:25–12:55 B5, P. Pártlová
Prerequisites
FORMA ( P )
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
Students will be able to assess ethical dilemmas in business and society. They will be able to analyze problems and introduce ethical response. They will be able to update ethical codex in organizations.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion student will be able to:
- Identify and summarize important ideas of moral philosophers throughout the history;
- identify and describe current ethical dilemmas in business;
- provide evidence supporting a moral response;
- construct argument based on revealed personal moral principles and academic research;
- discuss moral dilemma and introduce more moral responses;
Syllabus
  • Students will be provided a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning the ethical issues arising from business (resources, production management, marketing, consumption, sustainability etc.). 1st lesson: Demands for obtaining the credit, basic principles of student’s independent work, Introduction to the discipline
  • 2nd lesson: Ethical Theory and Business Practice
  • 3rd lesson: Ethical culture, norms and values of the company 4th lesson: Western philosophical theories about ethics (Aristotle, virtues, Theory of Justice)
  • 5th lesson: Government and Market mechanism (Invisible hand, Money, Crises)
  • 6th lesson: Labor market (hiring, compensation, discrimination)
  • 7th lesson: Corporations and Society (customer complaints, advertising ethics, ENRON, Kickbacks, Bribes, Rent-seeking)
  • 8th lesson: Corporations and the Environment
  • 9th lesson: International, religious and other factors 10th lesson: Presentation of essays, discussion and critical evaluation 11th lesson: Presentation of essays, discussion and critical evaluation 12th lesson: Presentation of essays, discussion and critical evaluation 13th lesson: Final test
Literature
    required literature
  • Ferrell, O.C., Fraedrich, J., Ferrell, 2014. Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Cases, 10 edition. ed. Cengage Learning, Stamford, CT, USA. ISBN 978-1285423715
    recommended literature
  • Michael D'heur (ed.) (2015) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance Sustainable Value Chain Management: Delivering Sustainability Through the Core Business [1 ed.] Springer International Publishing. 978-3-319-12141-3, 978-3-319-12142-0
  • SHAW, W.H., 2013. Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 8 edition. ed. Cengage Learning, Boston, MA ; Singapore. ISBN 978-1-133-94307-5
  • René Schmidpeter, Christina Weidinger (auth.), Christina Weidinger, Franz Fischler, René Schmidpeter (eds.) (2014) Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Business Success through Sustainability [1 ed.]. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. 978-3-642-38752-4,
  • László Zsolnai (ed) (2015) The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management [1 ed.]. Springer International Publishing. 978-3-319-11676-1, 978-3-319-11677-8
    not specified
  • 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. 978-94-017-9703-0, 978-94-017-9704-7
  • 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. 978-94-007-7081-2, 978-94-007-7
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Teaching Methods
Group Teaching - Competition
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test16 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial36 
Preparation for the Final Test24 
seminar work (in Czech)28 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 40 %
Essay 60 %
Exam conditions
Demonstrate the capability for rational thought and critical thinking in ethical values. Meet other qualitative and quantitative demands. Test: maximum 40 %. (minimum 25 %) Essay: maximum 60 %. Grading of the course: 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)
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 of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subject in a semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, winter 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, summer 2022, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, summer 2024, winter 2024.
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