OPF:SV702S Business Ethics - Course Information
SV702S Business Ethics
School of Business Administration in KarvinaSummer 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Bohumil Fiala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Bohumil Fiala, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Management (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, M_HOSPOL)
- Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- The aim of the course is to make university students familiar with the fundamental features of Business Ethics, its goals and methods. The students are made familiar with the theoretical and practical problems of Business Ethics and ways of solving them.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- Structure of the Course:
1. A Defence of Philolosophical Business Ethics
Business Ethics, Philosophical Scepticism, The Abstractness of Philosophy, Philosophy As An Idle Wheel, Endless Disagreement, Immoral Ethics.
2. The Responsibilities of Businessman
What is Responsibility, The Moral Profile of Businessman.
3. The Ethics of Corporate Downsizing
The Issue, The Moral Equalitz of Workers and Shareholders, Arguments Against Downsizing,Applying The Results and Related Concerns.
4. Whistleblowing
Justification and Whistleblowing, The Standard Theory, Three Paradoxes, ComplicityTheory,Testing The Theory,
5. The Ethics of Sales
A Conceptual Roadmap, The Common Law Principle of Caveat Emptor, Holle's Theory, Criticism of Holley, Toward a More Plausible Theory About the Ethics of Sales, A Defense of the Version of the Golden Rule Employed Earlier.
6. The Inconclusive Ethical Case Against Manipulative Advertising
What is Manipulative Advertising?, The Effects of Manipulative Advertising, Utilitarism,
Autonomy, The Categorial Imperative, Virtue Ethics.
7. Business and Environmental Ethics
Environmental Problems, Business and Ethical Responsibility
- Structure of the Course:
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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