115-0503/03 – Business Ethics (BE)
| Gurantor department | Department of Management | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. PhDr. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD. | Subject version guarantor | doc. PhDr. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF, FEI, HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. Explain an importance and terms of business ethics and corporate social
responsibility.
2. Identify sources of ethical thought.
3. Review methods and instruments of business ethics and corporate social
responsibility.
4. Order findings of chosen ethic theme.
5. Order findings of chosen ethic theme and ethical problem resolution.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Project work
Summary
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the overall issues of ethics in its applied form. Guides students from the theoretical foundations of the field of ethics, through a brief outline of the development of this field to the applied form of ethics. Introduces students to basic ethical categories. The main task of the course is to show the practical use of ethics in economic practice and the possible consequences of ethical or unethical behavior in the organization. The aim of the course is the development of ethical thinking and understanding of ethical issues and their interrelationships in ethics, especially business ethics. We understand business ethics not only at the individual and local level, but also at the global level with all the consequences associated with it. The overall significance of the course is in the connection of theory with the practical use of acquired knowledge in the economic practice of organizations.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Essay.
Presentation of the essay.
E-learning
Other requirements
Students must successfully present (Powerpoint) and justify a pre-selected topic essay.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Terms definition (ethic, business ethic, specificity of business ethic)
- Relation between ethic and economy, justice.
- Resources of ethical thought.
2. Fundamental ethic categories and terms – values, value orientation, good and evil, moral norms.
- Manager’s ethical values.
- Value’s influence on behavior.
- Ethical values of managers.
- Values of successful managers.
3. Factors influencing ethical behavior. Individual, social and organizational factors. Organizational culture.
- Whistleblowing. Warring on unethical acting in organization.
Ethical decision making – fundamental models.
4. Corporate social responsibility and manager‘s responsibility.
- Factors influencing individual and organizational responsibility. Corporate governance.
5. International business ethics. Ethic in global corporations.
- Reset of culture differences.
6. Instruments of ethical behavior expanse in an organization.
- Code of conduct, ethical training, stakeholders, communication, role of ombudsman, values in firm’s vision.
7. Skills important to an ethical behavior.
- Possibilities and bounds of ethical behavior‘s increasing.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction