VŠTE:S_BSE Business Ethics - Course Information
S_BSE Business Ethics
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Josef Maroušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Marek Vokoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Marek Vokoun, Ph.D.
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 A6, M. Vokoun
- Prerequisites
- FORMA(P)
English language on communication level, international experience and rational thinking. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40 - Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- Students will be able to assess ethical values in business.
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- Seminar
- Teaching Methods
- Group Teaching - Competition
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 13 Preparation for the Final Test 20 20 essay 58 83 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 13 1 Total: 104 104 - 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (summer 2017, recent)
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