ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Course
- EASC220 - ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Department
- Economics - English - Master
- Course Type
- Scientific Preparation
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 0
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 0 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. DAGNU HAILE TESSEMA
- Prerequisite
- -
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)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Exam | Midterm | 30 |
| Project | Project | 20 |
| Final Exam | Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 Assess the role ethics in the business process (Solo 5)
- 02 Explain the roles of ethics in decision-making process (Solo 3)
- 03 Identify key sources and basic dimensions of ethics ( Solo 2)
- 04 Discuss the relevant concepts and usage of practical cases/activities (Solo 5)
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Ethics and Business |
| Week 3 | Ethics and Business |
| Week 4 | Ethical Principles in Business |
| Week 5 | Ethical Principles in Business |
| Week 6 | Government, Market and International Trade |
| Week 7 | Government, Market and International Trade |
| Week 8 | Review for Exam |
| Week 9 | Midterm Examinations |
| Week 10 | Midterm Examinations |
| Week 11 | Ethics in the Marketplace |
| Week 12 | Ethics in the Marketplace |
| Week 13 | Ethics and the Environment |
| Week 14 | Ethics and the Environment |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 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
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Program Outcomes
- P01 PO1: Become knowledge workers who whose focus will be on continuous learning as their competitive advantage by learning new methods and skills which they can use both in their lives and workplace, especially in health sector.
- P02 PO2: Developed various skills and acquired the necessary knowledge which are required to keep improving themselves by working independently.
- P03 PO3: Become among the best professionals in the health care industry due to their developed skills and gathered knowledge which will set them apart from the competition.
- P04 PO4: Been able to apply appropriate methods and analytical procedures to analyze health-related issues faced by the organizations and empirically investigate and propose creative and valid solutions based on this analysis.
- P05 PO5: Learnt to use technology in class and research in an ethical and secured manner by implementing these skills in their professional and private lives.
- P06 PO6: Gained the ability to apply theories and use appropriate management tools and methods collaboratively in order to develop strategic decisions which are specific to unique health management contexts.
- P07 PO7: Practiced and mastered communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing, with individuals from different cultures within and outside the academia and organizations.
- P08 PO8: Been able to implement the learnt skills and knowledge, by developing research-based solutions to current regional and global health issues.
- P09 PO9: Developed enthusiasm and awareness about the environment by associating health and management theories with ethical and environmental approaches in order to further study and investigate critical health managerial issues.
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