Business Ethics

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Course ID:	2600-MFS-BE-Host
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0220) Humanities (except languages), not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Business Ethics
Name in Polish:	Business Ethics
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Management
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty dla studentów Master in Food Systems - 2 rok, zima Courses for students of Master in Food Systems
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Introduction to the main themes of Business Ethics in an ex-plicitly multicultural and international context and examining the critical discussions of the scope of CSR in general as well as many specific ethical issues of international business.In specific the main goals of the lecture is to clarify two themes: (1) the relationship between ethics and effectiveness in busi-nessand corporations(2) the role of ethics as one of the crucial social competencies of managers.(3)presentation ofvari-ous approaches to moral dilemma in businessand world.
Full description:	Part I1.Basic concepts and logic of the subject; introduc-tion to the idea of company social responsibility.2.Leading contemporary themes and issues in the subject; Globalisation; Sustainability and sustaina-ble development; Kyoto.3.Stakeholder theory; the European Social Model and a comparison of North American and Europe-an approaches to the subject4.Leading approaches to moral philosophy which are of relevance to discussions in Business Ethics; comparison of their contrasting implications in re-lation to selected controversial issues.5.Critical analysis of the moral dimensions of a range of micro ethical issues that relate to the fi-nancial sector in the contemporary period in par-ticular such as: moral hazard, insider trading, usury and extortion, bribery and corruption.6.Critical analysis of the moral dimensions of a range of other micro ethical issues such as whis-tleblowing, ethics of marketingPart II1. Business ethics or ethics inbusiness?2.Managing values and beliefs in organizations and in global environment3. Economical Humanism and Competitive Market4. Social Responsibility and Social Leadership5. Good Work and Good Business projects6. Ethical dilemmas and ethical competencies in business7. Ethics in practice -cases8. Ethics in global world9..Business ethics in current financial crises
Bibliography:	CRANE A and MATTEN D (2013) 2nded, “Business Eth-ics”, Oxford University Press.HARTMAN L (2005) 3rdinternational edition “Perspectives in Business Ethics” Mc Graw Hill, MaidenheadHoward Gardner (ed.), Responsibility at Work. San Francis-co: Jossey –Bass. 2007. Tom McEwan, Managing values and Beliefs in Organizations. Harlow: Person Education. 2001David Hay, Quality of life –Quality of Management (materi-als for students) Warsaw: 2005.Deirdre McCloskey, Measurement and Meaning in Econom-ics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar: 2001.O C. Farrell, Linda Farell, John Fraedrich,, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases Paperback), 26.07.2007 Amazon Co.UK.Jospeh Stiglitz,Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy,W. W. Norton, & Company, 2010
Learning outcomes:	By the end of the course the students should have developed a critical awareness regarding many of the moral issues which arise in international business today and be able to form rea-soned judgements about he best ways to tackle these. The course does not aim to transmit any particular messages or ready-made solutions to moral dilemmas in businessbut only to make students aware of the issues and to encourage them to reflect critically on them drawing on the resources of moral philosophy.The main goals of the lecture is to clarify two themes: (1) the relationship between ethics and effectiveness in businessand corporations(2) the role of ethics as one of the crucial social competencies of managers.(3)presentation ofvarious ap-proaches to moral dilemma in businessand world

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