BE_PH_EAM Ethical Aspects of Management

NEWTON University
summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Alexandra Zhereb, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jiří Nesiba, LL.M., Ph.D.
Centre for International Programmes – NEWTON University
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 16:50–18:20 WebinarJam
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BE_PH_EAM/01: each odd Thursday 11:20–12:50 PH Učebna 09, A. Zhereb
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course Ethical Aspects of Management deals with ethical management in private and public institutions. Students are provided with a history of ethical views on society and the economy (social ethics) and the applied form of the so-called "business ethics" in modern managerial approaches. The course is set in a broader context of social, economic, and environmental backgrounds. Following the development of ethical standards, applied ethics in the management environment is emphasized. The particular topics represent positive and negative connections in the ethical approach to business in the global world. Students are provided with the normative social ethics and current trends in business and public administration.
The course supposes the student's independent work based on knowledge gained from the current ethical management. Part of the course is the students' research, in which they analyze the ethical tools use in a particular institution and compare their effectiveness with other managerial approaches. The students present the research results orally and in writing.
Syllabus
  • Applied ethics - general and applied ethics definition, ethical dilemmas, moral competences, Kohlberger's stages of development, Hofstede's cultural dimension, integrity management.
  • Applied ethics research methodology - normative and descriptive ethics, essential topics and terminology of business ethics, corporate ethics, organizations monitoring ethics in institutions (Society for Business Ethics, Transparency International, Institute of Business Ethics, EBEN, Ethisphere and others).
  • Ethical management - corporate culture and ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), Corporate Governance, participating groups theory (stakeholders).
  • Internal ethical tools - written institutionalization of ethical standards into the corporate governance system, compliance program, code of ethics - pros and cons, practical procedures for implementing the code of ethics within the corporate environment, codes of ethics types and forms, ethical credo, ethical ombudsman, employees ethical training, personnel policy, and personality integrity testing.
  • External ethical tools - certification and international standards (ISO 26000, SA 8000, AA 1000, ČSN 010391, Global Reporting Initiative, U.N. Global Compact, EMAS, OECD Guidelines, and others).
  • Managerial ethics - behavioral management (D. McGregor, A. Maslow, C. Rogers), the role of ethics in the manager's personality and management (PDCA, H. Mintzberg), Hawthorn effect, Total Quality Management (E. Demming, Z theory).
  • Human resources management ethics - human resources ethical management, project manager's ethical dilemmas, integrity management, diversity management, conflict management, intercultural management, ethical standards for project management certification bodies (IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2).
  • Public goods - ethical contexts of public goods administration and protection (mixed and private), relation of public goods to private property, issues of lobbying, public services, public space quality assessment (Social Progress Index, NUMBEO, Mercer, Monocle, Metropolis).
  • Marketing ethics - cases of the institution´s ethical conduct awards used as a marketing tool (CSR quality), cases of ethics awards (BIO, FairTrade, KLASA, regional products), Ethics Forum, Business Leader Forum, Top Responsible Company, case studies of unethical management (viral marketing, astroturfing, ambush marketing, neuromarketing, and subliminal advertising).
  • Case studies of institutional ethics - private sector - sports ethics (doping, betting, ethical patterns), medical and pharmaceutical ethics (testing, vaccination), ethics and scientific development (research issues), financial sector ethics (control mechanisms, banking), environmental ethics, food industry ethics, scientific research ethics, intellectual property ethics, plagiarism.
  • Case studies of institutional ethics - public sector - public administration ethics (lobbying, conflict of interests, codes of ethics), sustainable economy, issues of public service substitution, public policies.
  • Social ethics - modern concepts of utilitarianism, pragmatism, ethics of action, the golden rule, moral hazard, bioethics, multicultural environment ethics
Assessment methods
Examination: defence of a case study, written final test, oral examination in the case of remedial dates. Online learning students take the exam via suitable remote electronic communication systems.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2024.
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