ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Course Description

The course is designed to familiarize students with concepts such as morality, theory of right and wrong, theory of value, what entails goodness and badness, and the theory of virtue and vice. After introducing these concepts, the course encourages students to think about ethical aspect of real life events and issues, makes them analytically examine their position in social life and how they deal with ethical issues. Students become more effective decision makers by examining the meaning and role of ethics in business environment, and social responsibility of business organizations. Topics include the relationship between business and society; identifying stakeholders and issues; the theoretical basis of business ethics; business ethics in management and leadership; the concept of corporate social responsibility; corporate social responsibility in practice.

ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Assess the role ethics in the business process (Solo 5)
2. 02 Explain the roles of ethics in decision-making process (Solo 3)
3. 03 Identify key sources and basic dimensions of ethics ( Solo 2)
4. 04 Discuss the relevant concepts and usage of practical cases/activities (Solo 5)

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Velasquez, Manuel G., author. Title: Business ethics : concepts & cases/Manuel G. Velasquez, Santa Clara University. Description: Eighth Edition. | New York : Pearson, [2017] | Revised edition of the author’s Business ethics, c2012.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Developing a deep insight about the concept of ethics SOLO 5
2. L02 Clarifying the differences between ethics, morality and law SOLO 3
3. L03 Identifying the sources and pervasiveness of unethical behaviors (The fraud triangle) SOLO 2
4. L04 Debating the role of ethics in business and evaluating the conflicts inherent in ethical and profitable approaches SOLO 5
5. L05 Discussing the methodology of ethical decision making by identification of key sources and basic dimensions of ethics SOLO 5
6. L06 Analyzing the relevant concepts and usage of practical cases/activitie SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

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