WIW67510 – Business Ethics

Module
Business Ethics
Business Ethics
Module number
WIW67510
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer and Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Susanne Bleich
Susanne.Bleich(at)fh-zwickau.de

Prof. Dr. Matthias Richter
M.Richter(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Susanne Bleich
Susanne.Bleich(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Business Ethics"

German
in "Business Ethics"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

90.00 hours
90.00 hours Self-study - Business Ethics

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Beleg und Präsentation
Module examination | Weighting: 100%
in "Business Ethics"

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure

We will look at the varying values of people in different ages. We will analyze the factors / facts which have an impact on the development.

One focus will be on globalization and digitalization. We will analyze the development and challenges.

 

The course will focus on the following topics:

  • Responsability and justice
  • Divergent cultural values and corruption
  • Josef A. Schumpeter
  • Adam Smith
  • Robert Nozick and James Buchanan
  • John Rawls
  • Amartya Sen
  • Angus Deaton
  • Varying values of people in different ages
  • People´s values in life and in business life
  • Development of people´s values through globalization and digitalization

Challenges of world societies through globalization and digitalization

We will look at the varying values of people in different ages. We will analyze the factors / facts which have an impact on the development.

One focus will be on globalization and digitalization. We will analyze the development and challenges.

The course will focus on the following topics:

  • Responsability and justice
  • Divergent cultural values and corruption
  • Josef A. Schumpeter
  • Adam Smith
  • Robert Nozick and James Buchanan
  • John Rawls
  • Amartya Sen
  • Angus Deaton
  • Varying values of people in different ages
  • People´s values in life and in business life
  • Development of people´s values through globalization and digitalization
  • Challenges of world societies through globalization and digitalization
Qualification objectives

The course will provide insight into both traditional Business Ethics as well as Digital Ethics.

Students will understand to which extent values of society/government and of business are related to each other. We will look at different times in history as well as different cultures of our times.

Furthermore students will understand the impact of digitalization on ethics.

After having attended the course, students will be able to recognize issues of ethical importance in the very moment they will be exposed to them. This will enable them to react immediately in the appropriate way. Given the students will not make relevant ethical mistakes, they will always be in the position to refuse to be blackmailed.

The course will provide insight into both traditional Business Ethics as well as Digital Ethics.

Students will understand to which extent values of society/government and of business are related to each other. We will look at different times in history as well as different cultures of our times.

Furthermore students will understand the impact of digitalization on ethics.

After having attended the course, students will be able to recognize issues of ethical importance in the very moment they will be exposed to them. This will enable them to react immediately in the appropriate way. Given the students will not make relevant ethical mistakes, they will always be in the position to refuse to be blackmailed.

Special admission requirements

Basics of Business Administration

Basics of Business Administration

Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
No information
Literature

Crane, A., Matten, D., Business Ethics. Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization, Oxford: University Press, 3rd edition 2010

Göbel, E., Unternehmensethik. Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung, Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 4. überarb. Aufl. 2016

Lenk, H., Maring, M. (Hg.), Wirtschaft und Ethik, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1992

Noll, B., Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik in der Marktwirtschaft, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2. überarb. Aufl. 2013

Waibl, E., Angewandte Wirtschaftsethik, Wien: Universitätsverlag, 2005

Crane, A., Matten, D., Business Ethics. Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization, Oxford: University Press, 3rd edition 2010

Göbel, E., Unternehmensethik. Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung, Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 4. überarb. Aufl. 2016

Lenk, H., Maring, M. (Hg.), Wirtschaft und Ethik, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1992

Noll, B., Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik in der Marktwirtschaft, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2. überarb. Aufl. 2013

Waibl, E., Angewandte Wirtschaftsethik, Wien: Universitätsverlag, 2005

Notes
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