OPF:SVPPOEA Business Ethics - Course Information

SVPPOEA Business Ethics

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Dr. Ismail Siriner (lecturer)
doc. Dr. Ismail Siriner (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Bohumil Fiala, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

No conditions must be fulfilled and the subject can be registered indepedently.

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

• Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• European Integration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Hotel Industry (programme OPF, B6503GAHOT)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, B_SYSINF)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Accounting and Taxes (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to present basic categories and terminology related to ethics, main areas od business ethics and to motivate students to be ethical on business and everyday life. The course involves two interconnected parts - lectures covering key topics and seminars dealing with the analysis of texts related to business ethics.

Syllabus

• 1. Defence of Philolosophical Business Ethics
  2. The Responsibilities of Businessman
  3. The Ethics of Corporate Downsizing
  4. Whistleblowing
  5. The Ethics of Sales
  6. The Inconclusive Ethical Case Against Manipulative Advertising
  7. Business and Environmental Ethics
  

Literature

required literature
• SHAW, W. Ethics at Work. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-513942-9. info

recommended literature
• LaFOLLETTE, H. Practical Ethics. Oxford: University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-824105-4. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Kombinovaná zkouška

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

exam

• Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2012, recent)
  
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