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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Business Ethics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0403/04
Abbreviation PODET
Course title Business Ethics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator prof. PhDr. Jiří Bláha, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Subject Ethics and Epistemological Foundations.
2. Fundamental Category of Ethics and the Other Source of Ethical Thoughts (Culture, Religion, Philosophy and Law).
3. The Fundamental Ethical School - Eudemonism, Hedonism, Christian Ethics, Deontology, Utilitarianism.
4. The Factors which Affected Ethical Decisions and Behaviour.
5. Axiology. Values of the Organization and Managers. The Ethical Models for Decision-making.
6. The Basic Instruments for Implementation of Ethics. Code of Ethics, Ethical Leadership, Ethical Training, Ethical Education, Ethical Ombudsman.
7. Ethical and Social Audit.
8. Corporate Social Responsibility, Concept and Development, The Stakeholders Theory.
9. The Real Possibilities for Implication CSR in the Area of Economy, in the Social Area and Environment.
10. Ethical Activities of Global Companies. The Caux Round Table, Global Compact, OECD a Sullivan's Principles.
11. Ethical Aspect of the Relationships in Work. Discriminations, Sexual Abutments, Bossing, Mobbing.
12. Corruption. Characteristic, Forms and Impacts on the Society.
13. The Concept of Ethical Managing of the Corporation. Corporate Governance, EFQM and Integrated manager's Systems.
14. Examples from the Real Economy. Work-Life-Balance.

Literature

DESJARDINS, Joseph R. An introduction to business ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. ISBN 978-1-260-54808-2 .
FERELL, O. C.; FRAEDRICH, John a FERREL, Linda. Business Ethics. Ethical Decision Making and Cases. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2019. ISBN 978-1-337-61443-6 .
MELÉ CARNÉ, Domènec. Business Ethics in Action: managing human excellence in organizations. 2nd ed. London: Red Globe Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-137-60917-5.

Advised literature

DUBBER, Markus D.; PASQUALE, Frank a DAS, Sunit. The Oxford handbook of ethics of AI. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-006739-7.
COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. Best Practices for Designing and Managign Ethical Organizations. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5063-8805-2 .
SCALET, Steven. Markets, Ethics, and Business Ethics. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-58096-1 .