ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Course Description

Tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries and is an important source of employment and foreign exchange for a great number of world countries. However, on the other hand, tourism business ignores ethics and responsibility while using resources. Tourism business involves a lot of ethical challenges and irresponsible behaviors. This course aims to handle the concepts of ethics and social responsibility within the context of tourism and hospitality industry. Given that each touristic activity has an impact on resources, ethics and social responsibility of a business are of great importance. Therefore, this course aims to make students more familiar with ethics and social responsibility and the challenges in tourism and hospitality industry.

ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 To enhance awareness and increase understanding of the nature of business ethics in global business environment.
2. 02 To examine the ethical implications of business practices from a stakeholder perspective.
3. 03 To increase awareness of the challenges of business social responsibility.
4. 04 To develop critical thinking skills via the application of concepts and theories to business cases.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility by Paul Griseri, Nina Seppala
2. 02 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility by S. S. Khanka
3. 03 Tourism Ethics by David A. Fennel
4. 04 Business Ethics and Values by Colin Fisher and Alan Lovell

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Students will be able to discuss the concept of ethics and social responsibility in relation to the evolving role of business in society. SOLO 5
2. L02 Students will be able to evaluate various arguments about the moral status of business, organizations and management. SOLO 5
3. L03 Students will be able to analyze the applications of ethic theories in business context and complex consequences that typically attend ethical and moral issues in business, management and organization. SOLO 5
4. L04 Students will be able to evaluate the scale of environmental issues within the context of ethics and social responsibility and the position of tourism in this agenda. SOLO 5
5. L05 Students will be able to discuss the term of code of ethics and various benefits a code of ethics offers. SOLO 5
6. L06 Students will be able to identify some of the key arguments relating to sustainability and the environment and examples from tourism and hospitality industry. SOLO 2
7. L07 Students will be able to describe different ways in which people may respond to ethical issues and a range of factors which influence how people respond to ethical issues. SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Students will be able to adopt theoretical and practical knowledge in a challenging work environment.
2. P02 2. Students will be able to guide teamwork in intercultural and various international working environments.
3. P03 3. Students will be able to obtain the communicative, conceptual and analytical skills necessary for conflict environments.
4. P04 4. Students will be able to recognize the importance of basic competence to create a competitive advantage and achieve a success on a global scale.
5. P05 5. Students will be able to integrate ethical and social responsible practices that are environmentally friendly and applicable both in business and personal life.
6. P06 6. Students will be able to raise awareness about continuous improvement to increase business performance in professional life.
7. P07 7. Students will be able to adopt and apply critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for organizational decisions.
8. P08 8. Students will be able to use and manage the information technologies required for the contemporary business world.
9. P09 9. Students will be able to have a knowledge of, at least, one foreign language at basic level in addition to English.
10. P10 10. Students will be able to acquire effective teamwork skills.

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