Business ethics and corporate responsibilityLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student will gain perspectives into business ethics and corporate responsibility in work and business environment. The student will practice critical thinking, problem solving and ethical decision making. The student will be able to examine her/his own set of values as well as recognize and define corporate/company values.

Content

1. Business ethics as a form of applied ethics
2. Corporate responsibility
3. Values: the core of business ethics and ethical behavior
4. Ethical problems in business and challenges of corporate responsibility

Accomplishment methods

Students can
a. use professional business ethics and corporate responsibility vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. evaluate information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of business ethics and corporate responsibility.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.