Objectives and competences
Students will:
• gain knowledge about ethics, moral and business ethics,
• understand ethical issues in business world,
• differ theories and basis of ethical questions,
• understand ethical questions and cultural diversity,
• understand ethical reflection and commitment to business ethics in organizations ter
• comprehend important issues about business behaviour.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Definition of Ethics (Culture, Ethics, Business Ethics, Values)
2. Ethics in Philosophy (Delimitation of Ethics and Moral)
3. Business Culture (ethics in the business world, a code of business ethics, management and ethics, marketing and ethics, ethics and media)
4. Behaviour in the Business World (manners, business meetings, neatness, hospitality)
5. Ethics and Human Resource Management
6. Compliances
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe the basic concepts of ethics, moral and business ethics,
• define ethics in business world.
• define ethics in wider social dimension and
• differ the values and cultural diversity in the business world.
Readings
1. Gini, A., Marcoux, Al.M. (2012). The ethics of business: A concise introduction, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lahnam.
2. Das Gupta A. (2010). Ethics, business and society: managing responsibly, Sage Publications: Los Angeles.
3. Tavčar, Mitja I. (2008). Kulture, etika in olika managementa, Moderna organizacija FOV, Kranj
4. Jelovac, Dejan (2000). Podjetniška kultura in etika, Visoka strokovna šola za podjetništvo, Portorož
5. Možina, Stane (2004). Poslovno komuniciranje: Evropske razsežnosti, Založba Obzorja, Maribor
6. Tierney, Elizabeth P. (1997). O poslovni etiki, Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana
7. Rajter, Marko in ostali (2008). Podjetništvo, Visoka komercialna šola, Celje
8. Hitt, Michael et al. (2009): Management, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River
9. Kalacun, Stanislava (2001). Poslovna etika, Združenje Manager, Ljubljana
10. Fisher, Colin M. and Lovell, Alan (2009). Business ethics and values: individual, corporate and internatonal perspectives, Pearson Education
