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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Ethics in Business and Public Administration

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0451/01
Abbreviation PODETVS
Course title Ethics in Business and Public Administration
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator prof. PhDr. Jiří Bláha, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Definition of terms (ethics, business ethics, business ethics and specifics
Ethics in Public Administration).
* The relationship of ethics to economics and law.
* Basis of ethical considerations.
2.Ethical concepts and categories - value, value orientation, good and
evil, moral standards.
* The ethical values ​​of managers and employees in public administration and the influence of values
negotiations.
3.Factors that affect ethical behavior. Individual, social and
organizational factors. Organizational culture, organizational culture elements, the possibility
their understanding and changing organizational culture.
* Whistle - blowing - a warning on unethical problems in the organization.
* Ethical decision making - the basic model.
4.Corporate Social Responsibility and liability of the members of the organization.
* Factors that influence the types of liability. Management companies.
* reduction of corruption and corrupt phenomena.
5.International Business Ethics.
6.Tools development of ethical behavior in the organization.
* Codes of ethics (in business and public administration).
* Ethics training.
* Communication in the organization and with customers and citizens.
* The role of the ombudsman.
* The role of values ​​presented in the vision of the organization.
7.Skills that are important for ethical conduct.
8.Possibilities and limits of awareness of ethical conduct in business and public administration.

Literature

BAILEY, S. John and Mary R. BURCH. Ethics for Behavior Analysts: A Practical Guide to the Behavior Analyst Certification board Guidelines for Responsible Conduct. Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2nd Expanded Edition, 2005. ISBN 978-0805851182 .
COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2012. ISBN 13-978470639948.
KLINE, M. John. Ethics for International Business: Decision-Making in a Global Political Economy. 2nd Edition. Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0415351027 .
KOTLER, Philip and Nancy, LEE. Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2005. ISBN 0-471-47611-0.

Advised literature

Business Ethics. The Blackwell encyklopedia of Management. Oxford. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. ISBN 631-23317-2.
KRAMER, M. Roderick, TENBRUNSEL, E. Ann a Max H. BAZERMAN (Eds.) Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, social Values, and Ethical Judgments. Routledge: Psychology Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1841698991 .
SCHMINKE, Marshall. (Ed.) Managerial Ethics: Managing the Psychology of Morality. Omaha: Creighton University, 2010. ISBN 978-1848728332.