Terminated in academic year 2011/2012

Business Ethics and Corporate Culture

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	115-0903/02
Abbreviation	EPPK
Course title	Business Ethics and Corporate Culture
Credits	0
Coordinating department	Department of Management
Course coordinator	prof. PhDr. Jiří Bláha, CSc.

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

Literature

COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2012. ISBN 13-978470639948.
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.
SORELL, Tom and John HENDRY. Business Ethics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. .

Advised literature

Business Ethics. The Blackwell ancyklopedia of Management. Oxford. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. ISBN 631-23317-2.

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