115-0403/01 – Business Ethics (PODET)
| Gurantor department | Department of Management | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. PhDr. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD. | Subject version guarantor | prof. PhDr. Jiří Bláha, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1.To explain importance of Business ethics and Corporate social responsibility.
2.To explain main terminology of Ethics.
3.To explain history and development of Business Ethics.
4.To identify resources of ethical consideration.
5.To consider tools of business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Other activities
Summary
The main aim of the lectures is to introduce the discipline of Applied Ethics to the students of Management. The lectures will focus on the key concepts of ethics and explore the main schools of ethics across the history of western society. The key terminology and categories of ethics will also be explained. The most important aim of the subject is to promote relations between the theory of ehics and the issues of economic development. The goal of the subject is the development of critical thinking in the area of ethics, understanding ethical dilemmas in global business. The benefits for students consist in the practical demonstration of how to join theoretical knowledge with practice in real business.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Basic knowledge of management.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Definitions (ethics business ethics, specifics of business ethics)
-ethic to economics and law
-basic of ethic of ethical reasoning
2. Fundamental ethical category – values, good and evil
- ethical values of managers
- influence of values at the behavior
- values of successful managers
3. Factors that affect ethical conduct. Organization culture.
- whistle – blowing
- ethical decision making
4. Corporate social responsibility and responsibility of managers
5. Ethics in multinational companies
- respecting cultural differences
6. Development tools of ethical conduct
- ethical codes, ethics training, stakeholders, the role of ombudsman
7. Skills for ethical conduct
- development possibilities and limits of ethical conduct
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction